Norman Arkawy

Summary

Norman Arkawy,  Selling Point (1955)

“ Ira bent his head and brushed his sensitized cheek against her hair. He felt emotions that no robot should feel.
He silently cursed his makers and the wonderfully human brain they had given him. Their theory was that a salesman, to be effective, should think exactly like a human being. To better satisfy the customers, he should appreciate every human drive and desire. But it was wrong to feel like a man, to desire like a man, to hurt like a man and be unable to ease the pain because he was not a man!
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Source: Gutenberg

Norman Arkawy,  Selling Point (1955)

“ Ira ran on. "We have had forty-seven years of experience in producing mechanicals for the most difficult jobs imaginable. Amalgamated Androids while producing an adequate household model, does not have the valuable know-how to build into their mechanicals the strength and quality that is taken for granted in every machine bearing the U.S. Robot label." ”
Source: Gutenberg

Norman Arkawy,  Selling Point (1955)

“ Ira smiled at her graciously and went into the house. Her reaction was not so puzzling, after all, he decided. A young and virtuous wife would feel the conventional fears that were "built into her" by society. She had to be careful. It was conceivably dangerous to be alone in the house with a handsome man. But, if he's a robot, she has nothing to fear—from him or herself. ”
Source: Gutenberg

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