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_aSlesar, Henry, _d1927-2002 |
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| 245 | 1 | 2 | _aA Message From Our Sponsor |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2022 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from Infinity Science Fiction, October 1956 | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2022-03-08 | ||
| 508 | _aGreg Weeks, Mary Meehan and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"A Message From Our Sponsor" by Henry Slesar is a science fiction short story written during the mid-20th century. Set in a futuristic world where humans coexist with Martians, the narrative explores themes of labor, efficiency, and social dynamics within a workplace. The story cleverly uses humor and satire to comment on human attitudes towards work and the integration of an alien workforce. The plot centers around George Huber, a manager at the Oxygen Corporation of America, who is frustrated with the declining morale and productivity of his human workers compared to the highly efficient Martian employees. As workplace tensions rise, Huber confronts the prejudice against Martians, highlighting their value in labor through incidents and character interactions that reveal both comedic and serious undertones. Ultimately, Huber finds himself contemplating his own disinterest in work, a sentiment echoed by other characters as the Martian Chafnu is offered a promotion to manage an all-Martian workforce, reinforcing the societal shift in the workplace where Martians have become the preferred labor force. The recurring motif of the haunting melody "Melancholy" underscores the story's exploration of detachment from work and the changing dynamics of employment. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
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_pOriginally published: _cUnited States: Royal Publications, Inc, 1956 |
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| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aMartians -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aHuman-alien encounters -- Fiction | ||
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from Infinity Science Fiction, October 1956 | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/67589 |
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