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"The resident made a casual gesture. “These are matters of history, of which our old Earth has already far too much. W…"

"“I will give you,” said Grolion, “a promissory note for a handsome sum, redeemable the moment I am restored to my bir…"

"In adolescence, Chesney had drifted away from old-time religion. He found too many contradictions and absurdities in …"

"The young man glanced at the document. His first thought was that its author must have learned penmanship from a seis…"

"They wake up the lead guitarist, although it takes him a while to get both his eyes pointed in the same direction. Bu…"