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The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge [book]

 The Fully Automated Love Life of Henry Keanridge [book] THIS IS A 1971 PLAYBOY MAGAZINE SCI-FI ANTHOLOGY BOOK. I EXPECTED THIS TO BE BAD, I EXPECTED IT TO BE LIKE, OFFENSIVE OR SEXIST OR LOW BROW OR TRASHY OR SOMETHING. I DID NOT PREDICT IT WOULD BE THIS *BORING*. ALMOST EVERY STORE SIMPLY WENT NO WHERE. LIKE THE TITLE STORY IS JUST, A GUY WORKING IN A SHIPPING DEPARTMENT AND HAS ACCESS TO A SCHEDULING COMPUTER SO HE USES THAT TO DATE MULTIPLE WOMEN. FINE ENOUGH PREMISE, BUT IT JUST GOES ON FOR A WHILE THEN THE PLACE THAT FEELS LIKE A TWIST OR PUNCHLINE WOULD COME, HE JUST KINDA STARTS A BUSINESS IT'S LIKE EVERY STORY HAD TO BE AS ANTICLIMACTIC AS POSSIBLE. I GUESS THERE WAS ONE STORY WHERE A HOUSE HAD MAGIC WANDS AND TURNED THE LADY INTO A CAT THEN THE LADY MARRIED THE HOUSE.  PS. EXTREMELY WACKY COVER