Ray Bradbury is my biggest inspiration when it comes to writing and literature as a whole. His ability to write about moral impurities in the world and how they affect the entire world through science fiction is a revolutionary style. Often times tales that hint at a moral lesson beyond the literal meaning tend to be a chore to read but with mixing in time travel, aliens, different planets and all the other wonders that make up science fiction he was able to connect with an entire different breed of people that the "classics" were incapable of doing. Even then, he was able to bring many people into the world of science fiction as well.
To get into the story, it is titled, "Marionettes, Inc.", and it is in his collection entitled, The Illustrated Man, about a man who replaces himself with a robot that is exactly like him in down to the distinct characteristics. He does this because he cannot stand his wife anymore and needs a way to occupy his wife while he goes on vacation with friends. The story told me how you should not turn away from your problems and always confront them because when you put road blocks in between you and the problem, it only makes it more difficult when the time comes and you have to confront the issue whether you want to or not. This is an option that I am sure many married folk would enjoy the use of but head this warning that it is not a good option unless your wife is into trying something "different" but I won't get into that. Either way, the story tells so much more than what I have said but if I write anymore I will have concluded the story without you having to read it and where is the fun in that?
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