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| 100 | 1 | _aStuart, William W. | |
| 245 | 1 | 4 | _aThe Real Hard Sell |
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_aSalt Lake City, UT : _bProject Gutenberg, _c2010 |
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| 490 | 1 | _aProduced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction, July 1961. | |
| 500 | _aRelease date is 2010-01-21 | ||
| 508 | _aProduced by Robert Cicconetti, David Wilson and the Online Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net | ||
| 520 | _a"The Real Hard Sell" by William W. Stuart is a science fiction story published in the early 1960s. Set in a futuristic world dominated by robots and automation, it explores themes of identity, personal dissatisfaction, and the nature of salesmanship. The narrative follows the internal struggles of Ben Tilman, a salesman navigating his professional and personal life in a society where human roles are increasingly supplanted by robots. The story centers on Ben, who experiences a deep sense of dissatisfaction despite having a stable job, a loving wife, and a young child. As he prepares for a housewarming party meant to showcase a new sales approach, he grapples with feelings of emptiness and unresolved tensions about his life choices. During the party, Ben reveals a unique sales pitch involving a fully-automated home—a decision that ultimately leads him to reassess his desire for a less technology-driven, more meaningful existence. The end of the story sees Ben rejecting the suffocating comfort of a robotic lifestyle, opting instead for a more authentic and engaged way of living with his family. (This is an automatically generated summary.) | ||
| 534 | _nOriginal publication data not identified | ||
| 653 | _aScience fiction | ||
| 653 | _aShort stories | ||
| 653 | _aRobots -- Fiction | ||
| 653 | _aSales personnel -- Fiction | ||
| 830 | 0 | _aProduced from If: Worlds of Science Fiction, July 1961. | |
| 856 | 4 | 0 | _uhttps://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/31038 |
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