The Remaking of Sigmund Freud
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PB: Del Rey, 1985, 275 pages
Note: Alternate versions of several chapters appeared earlier
as the short stories:
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"The
Trials of Sigmund" - Alternate version forms the prologue of the same
title.
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"Emily
Dickinson--Saved from Drowning" - Alternate version forms "Chapter
Three" (which immediately follows the Prologue).
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"Sigmund
in Space" - Alternate version forms "Chapter Eight" (which appears
seventh, between "Four" and "One").
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"Bedside
Manor" - Alternate version forms "Chapter One" (which appears eighth,
following "Chapter Eight"), of the same name.
From the cover blurb:
O Brave New World...
When Man roamed freely among the planets and away to the starts, spacecraft
had to carry the best advisers with them, for outside help was usually
too far off to do any good in emergencies.
And so the android simulacrum was born -- a conveniently storable but
believably human package which duplicated all the strengths of the Master
after whom each was modeled.
For centuries a Sigmund Freud was standard equipment on long voyages,
but put to little use...Then Man met his fist etees, and Freud's career
entered a new phase -- one which would change history forever.
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