Story om en man överväger att lämna en android platshållare medan han slår ut på sin fru [duplicat]

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Kort historia om en kille som tänker på att lämna sin make genom att ersätta en livlig androide av själv att täcka i hans frånvaro. Men när han äntligen bestämmer att han inte ska följa igenom, lägger han sig tillbaka med sängen med sin fru och när han vilar på huvudet på bröstet, inser han det ljud hon redan har gjort omkopplaren själv, och hon är borta någonstans otrogen på han och har lämnat en android för honom att snuggla med.

Det här skulle vara en äldre berättelse, jag tror att jag först läste den ungefär 1974 eller så. Mest troligt var det en vanlig välkänd sci-fi författare om jag läste den i gymnasiet. Anledningen till att jag letar är att jag skulle älska att hitta den haunting ljudversionen av berättelsen som läst av Burgess Meredith.

    
uppsättning Zarrin Vuckovic 17.05.2017 19:29

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Jag kom över Marionettes, Inc , en berättelse från Ray Bradburys novellsamling som heter The Illustrated Man .

Synopsis:

The characters are Braling and Smith and their wives. Braling's wife was quite mean to him and forced him to marry her, while Smith's wife acted as if they were still honeymooning.

Smith learns about "marionettes", exact robotic duplicates produced by Marionettes, Inc. The manufacturer, whose motto is in the markets of the marionettes as temporary replacements for the customer. Braling reveals to Smith that he has been using a marionette to fulfill his obligations as a husband while he pursues his personal interests. His wife is completely unaware of the duplication, and he plans to visit Rio de Janeiro while his marionette is replacing him at home. Braling shows off his marionette to Smith. Smith, fascinated by this solution, decides to buy his own marionette to escape his domestic prison.

Conflict is introduced when Braling's duplicate expresses emotions towards Braling's wife, and resists Braling's attempts to remove the marionette from his home life. Smith then finds out that he himself has been tricked by his wife's own marionette, and that she took $10,000 of the $15,000 they had in their joint bank account.

Braling tries to call Marionettes, Inc. for support, but is physically restrained by the duplicate. The marionette reveals his plans of traveling to Rio with Braling's wife and locking his master in a box, and then says goodbye to his owner.

The story ends in the bedroom with "Braling" kissing Mrs. Braling, but Bradbury skillfully uses pronouns to make it unclear whether "Braling" is really Braling or his marionette duplicate. The reader's interpretation could indicate either that the duplicate has disposed of his former master, or that Braling has won out and subsequently found new appreciation for his wife.

Burgess Meredith spelade in Marionettes, Inc på B-sidan av en rekord med titeln: Burgess Meredith läser Ray Bradbury

    
svaret ges 17.05.2017 19:45