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Short Story

Service Call

1955

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About this story

A repairman arrives to service a device his customer has never heard of. The mistaken visit offers a disturbing glimpse of a future in which technology enforces agreement.

Chronology

Work history

  1. no later than Oct 11, 1954

    Composition: no later than Oct 11, 1954

    Latest supported composition boundary based on agency receipt evidence.

    Medium confidence
  2. Oct 11, 1954

    Received by Scott Meredith Literary Agency

    Oct 11, 1954

  3. Jul 1955

    First published Jul 1955

    Science Fiction Stories