Status Updates From The Illustrated Man

Finished "The City"! Turns out the city wants revenge on Earth for enslaving its people and allowing them to die from disease. It captures the astronauts and eviscerates them, before turning them into humanoid machines and sending them back to Earth with disease bombs. As the astronauts return to Earth, the city dies. Overall, nice story!

Just started reading the sixteenth story, "The City". After twenty thousand years, a sentient city is woken up by the arrival of a rocket from Earth. As the astronauts travel through the city, the city can hear and smell them. But it appears there's a more sinister plan behind all of this. Interesting.

Nothing but bangers so far.

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Finished "Marionettes, Inc."! Braling Two pleasures Mrs. Braling in bed, having completely usurped Braling's life. Overall, great story!

Braling Two suddenly turns on Braling. He doesn't like being trapped in a toolbox while Braling is home, and has really started to love Braling's wife. He attacks Braling and decides to lock him in the toolbox forever, while he takes his place permanently and takes Mrs. Braling on Braling's planned trip to Rio. Holy shit!

Just started reading the fifteenth story, "Marionettes, Inc.". Smith discovers that his friend Braling has created a mechanical clone of himself so he can get away from his unbearable wife. Smith decides to create one for himself to get away from his clingy wife, only to discover that his wife is actually a mechanical clone of the real one, who stole money from him and is God knows where now. Yikes!