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hole in the ground , keeping her aim decent and listening for any improper
sounds from above or below until someone said in her ear , “ We ' re done , ” and
she took off immediately up the slope , not looking back . It took the others several
...
hole in the ground , keeping her aim decent and listening for any improper
sounds from above or below until someone said in her ear , “ We ' re done , ” and
she took off immediately up the slope , not looking back . It took the others several
...
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Someone is hurt , ” said the nun . Gunnar turned back . “ That ' s impossible ! ” he
said . " Anyone in the way of that beam would be dead , not hurt . " " Someone , ”
repeated the nun , “ is hurt , ” and she walked back towards the little knot the ...
Someone is hurt , ” said the nun . Gunnar turned back . “ That ' s impossible ! ” he
said . " Anyone in the way of that beam would be dead , not hurt . " " Someone , ”
repeated the nun , “ is hurt , ” and she walked back towards the little knot the ...
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... a flat land covered with hard snow , a little dirty , like pulverized ice , and a
brown haze over the sky so that the sun showed through it in an unpleasant
smear : she wanted to look at it and would not go anywhere until someone
pushed her .
... a flat land covered with hard snow , a little dirty , like pulverized ice , and a
brown haze over the sky so that the sun showed through it in an unpleasant
smear : she wanted to look at it and would not go anywhere until someone
pushed her .
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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 |
| Length | 157 pages |
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