Jack Vance? I am impressed. Don't hear much about him anymore.

FYI: L. Ron Hubbard did something similar in "Slaves of Sleep"
and there was a robot in "Anton York, Immortal" by Eando Binder who 
lived in a dream world (Unfortunately of 12 dimensions, so creations from that world wouldn't work in ours)

Interesting little vignette. A nice read. 

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