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Susceptibility

John D. MacDonald

First published January 1951
Type Short Fiction
Length Short Story

Synopsis

An inspector comes to a colony planet which hasn't been in touch for long time. The last inspector who visited the planet sent his resignation taped on the controls of his space ship which was sent to return on automatic drive. All colonists seem to live on countryside living simple life, and no one lives in automatic cities enjoying food made automatic machines and using product made by automatic machines.

Publications (5)

Date Publication Publisher Type Page
January 1951 Galaxy Science Fiction, January 1951 World Editions, Inc. MAGAZINE 127
February 1952 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Crown Publishers Anthology 475
1953 Galaxy Reader of Science Fiction Grayson & Grayson Anthology
October 1978 Other Times, Other Worlds Fawcett Gold Medal Collection 203
October 1978 Other Times, Other Worlds Fawcett Gold Medal Collection 203