In a future America where most people live in underground cities for fear of bombs, stubborn Gusterson stays on the surface and tosses out ideas for his friend Fay’s invention team. One of them, a little shoulder-worn “tickler” that reminds its owner of every appointment, becomes a craze, and soon it is unclear who is telling whom what to do.
A sharp, funny novella from Galaxy in 1962 that reads like a satire on smartphones written decades early. Download the free EPUB.