Re:The American Who Manages the Decline of a Japanese Hamlet
by kulkarnic on Saturday December 12, 2009 @11:17AM
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Somehow, this reminds me of an Asimov tale. A planet called Solaria, in fact:
The Solarians specialized in the construction of robots, which they exported to the other Spacer Worlds. Solarian robots were noted for their variety and excellence. They also exported their grain, which was used to make a delicacy known as the pachinka.-- from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria
No offense to the Japanese of course; all I'm saying is fiction is often an extrapolation of stuff all around us.
The Solarians specialized in the construction of robots, which they exported to the other Spacer Worlds. Solarian robots were noted for their variety and excellence. They also exported their grain, which was used to make a delicacy known as the pachinka.-- from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Solaria
No offense to the Japanese of course; all I'm saying is fiction is often an extrapolation of stuff all around us.