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It's Such a Beautiful Day (short story)

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Despite his own misgivings, Dr. Sloane invites Dickie to go for a walk with him in the open, and Sloane learns to understand and appreciate the boy's dislike of moving around by matter transference and his newly acquired interest in the open air. Dr. Sloane advises Mrs. Hanshaw not to disapprove of
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Dickie's odd hobby so heavily, to treat it as if it is no big deal. This will remove its tantalizing aura of forbiddenness, and soon Dickie will lose interest in it and turn his attention to more "normal" interests.
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When the Door that transfers him from home to school fails, Richard "Dickie" Hanshaw takes a dislike to the method and starts to wander outside in the unfamiliar open, exposed to the elements. When he
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At the conclusion of his consultation with Dickie and Mrs. Hanshaw, Dr. Sloane succumbs to Dickie's viewpoint and says, "You know, it's such a beautiful day that I think I'll walk."
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Set in the year 2117, the story presents District A-3, a newly built suburb of
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Asimov, Isaac (1969). "Preface to 'It's Such a Beautiful Day'".
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It's Such a Beautiful Day (film)
Short story
Isaac Asimov
United States
English
Science fiction
Star Science Fiction Stories No.3
Paperback
science fiction
short story
Isaac Asimov
Star Science Fiction Stories No.3
Frederik Pohl
Nightfall and Other Stories
San Francisco
teleportation
catches a cold
psychiatrist
mental abnormality
Nightfall and Other Stories
It's Such a Beautiful Day
Internet Speculative Fiction Database
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t
e
Nightfall and Other Stories
Isaac Asimov
Nightfall
Green Patches
Hostess

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