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    The Invention Of Pleasures-On-Call
    The Invention Of Pleasures-On-Call
    The Invention Of Pleasures-On-Call
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    The Invention Of Pleasures-On-Call

    By Mario V. Farina

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    The main character in this story was a retired electronic engineer. One day space junk fell into his back yard. Among the scrap he found a computer card. In an effort to discover what it did, he found that it had most unusual properties. This story tells what they were and what the engineer did with the information. This story is a combination of science fiction and fantasy.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherMario V. Farina
    Release dateJul 19, 2016
    ISBN9781370731619
    The Invention Of Pleasures-On-Call
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    Mario V. Farina

    Mario V Farina has worked all his life, from age 18 to 90. He worked for the American Locomotive Company, served in the U. S. Army during WWII, was employed at General Electric. He taught computers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute. After leaving his position with RPI, he became employed with the State Labor Department of New York. He’s a car buff, a pun creator, and a computer enthusiast. He wrote textbooks for the programming languages COBOL and FORTRAN and wrote a book of puns and short stories called, “A Little Light Reading,” as well as over 20 other books. Several of his books were translated into other languages. This is his first foray into the world of digital publishing, with the help of his computer tutor (william.rl.dickie@gmail.com).

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