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shouted Alyx , as the girl continued with her inexhaustible catalogue . " Shut up ,
for God ' s sake ! ” and turned away , only to find herself looking up at the face of
the nun , who had quickly moved about to be in front of her and who still repeated
...
shouted Alyx , as the girl continued with her inexhaustible catalogue . " Shut up ,
for God ' s sake ! ” and turned away , only to find herself looking up at the face of
the nun , who had quickly moved about to be in front of her and who still repeated
...
Page 101
Its persistence rather amused her at first but she supposed that it could do a lot of
damage in spite of its size and was beginning to wonder whether she could risk a
loud shout - or a shot into the rocks - to drive it off , when for no reason at all ...
Its persistence rather amused her at first but she supposed that it could do a lot of
damage in spite of its size and was beginning to wonder whether she could risk a
loud shout - or a shot into the rocks - to drive it off , when for no reason at all ...
Page 125
she shouted through the snow , " it ' s the pass . Machine , come on , " and the
three of them plodded ahead , feeling and scrambling over hidden rocks , up a
slope they could not see , veiled in snow that whipped about and rammed them ...
she shouted through the snow , " it ' s the pass . Machine , come on , " and the
three of them plodded ahead , feeling and scrambling over hidden rocks , up a
slope they could not see , veiled in snow that whipped about and rammed them ...
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User Review - majackson - LibraryThingHighly stylized concept: a female street-fighter is saved from death in ancient Crete to lead a party of effete picnickers in the far future through a minor war on an ideal Terra-formed planet. Most ... Read full review
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| Title | Picnic on Paradise Volume 662012 of Ace books Ace science fiction special Macdonald science fiction |
| Author | Joanna Russ |
| Illustrated by | Leo Dillon, Diane Dillon |
| Publisher | Ace Books, 1968 |
| Original from | the University of Michigan |
| Digitized | 19 Feb 2008 |
| ISBN | 0020080727, 9780020080725 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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