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Made to Measure

William Campbell Gault

First published January 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Novelette

Synopsis

For some unstated reason there are many more women than men. The women live in some sort of centers, and men can come to meet them in controlled "well lighted" situations. If they like what they see, they get the women they want as a wife - but at any time they can return her to the center - no questions asked. A man isn't happy with his wife as she isn't perfect. So he returns her to the center and creates an android using his own mind set as a model.

Publications (4)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 108
February 1952 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 414
February 2016 Made to Measure Project Gutenberg Chapbook
January 2017 The Robot Megapack Wildside Press Anthology