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The robot who looked like me

by Robert Sheckley

This collection of thirteen satirical science fiction stories features a title tale about a busy couple who build robot look-alikes to date in their place, only for the androids to run away together.

Accession 9069 ISBN 0722177585 Publisher Sphere
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