The Midas Plague
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Jump to navigationJump to searchPohl, Frederik. "The Midas Plague." Galaxy April 1954. Coll. The Best of Frederik Pohl. Lester del Rey, introd. New York: Ballantine, 1975. Frequently rpt., including The Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Vol. IIB. Ben Bova, ed. New York: Avon, 1974.
Comic handling of how to deal with the plague of affluence in a world where "Everything is mechanized," and "Too many robots make too much of everything." Cf. J. Gunn's "Little Orphan Android," cited this Category.