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![]() Autonomous robotic salesmen - salesrobots - are the bane of consumers in this Dick classic.
The picture is taken from the original story as it appeared in the magazine.
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Sales robots are also in use in Stanislaw Lem's 1961 novel Return from the Stars. Comment/Join this discussion ( 1 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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