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... the two nuns clinging together in shock , the bald - headed boy swaying a little
as he walked , as if to unheard music , the lieutenant and the artist – who lingered
. " Where ' d they pick you up ? " he said , blinking again and fingering one eye ...
... the two nuns clinging together in shock , the bald - headed boy swaying a little
as he walked , as if to unheard music , the lieutenant and the artist – who lingered
. " Where ' d they pick you up ? " he said , blinking again and fingering one eye ...
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He walked on the outside , she on the inside . Behind them Iris was humming
softly to herself . It was icy in parts and the going was slow . They stopped for a
moment and Machine cautiously let go of Maudey ' s arm ; at the same time Iris
began ...
He walked on the outside , she on the inside . Behind them Iris was humming
softly to herself . It was icy in parts and the going was slow . They stopped for a
moment and Machine cautiously let go of Maudey ' s arm ; at the same time Iris
began ...
Page 152
... rejecting all of them ; and tuned in to station Nothing ( twenty - four hours a day
every day , someone had said ) he turned and began to walk away , fading as he
walked , walking as he went away , listening to Trivia between the earth and the ...
... rejecting all of them ; and tuned in to station Nothing ( twenty - four hours a day
every day , someone had said ) he turned and began to walk away , fading as he
walked , walking as he went away , listening to Trivia between the earth and the ...
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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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Bibliographic information
| 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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