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All the same , she put her fingers in her ears but that pushed her hood back and
made her head get cold ; then she rolled over against the cave wall . Finally she
did what she had been doing for the past seventeen nights . She went out into the
...
All the same , she put her fingers in her ears but that pushed her hood back and
made her head get cold ; then she rolled over against the cave wall . Finally she
did what she had been doing for the past seventeen nights . She went out into the
...
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writing materials , removed his gloves and wrote laboriously on the paper , his
hands shaking a little . He did not seem to be used to writing . “ Now tape it to the
wall , ” said Machine . “ No , the inside wall . Thank you . Thank you for everything
.
writing materials , removed his gloves and wrote laboriously on the paper , his
hands shaking a little . He did not seem to be used to writing . “ Now tape it to the
wall , ” said Machine . “ No , the inside wall . Thank you . Thank you for everything
.
Page 125
She could not see where he had gone for a moment ; then the wind returned - at
their backsand blasted the snow clear for a moment , hurrying it off the rock wall
in sheets and revealing what looked like a well in the rock and a great , flattened
...
She could not see where he had gone for a moment ; then the wind returned - at
their backsand blasted the snow clear for a moment , hurrying it off the rock wall
in sheets and revealing what looked like a well in the rock and a great , flattened
...
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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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User Review - TheDivineOomba - LibraryThingI picked it up because of the author. I recognized the name, but haven't read anything by her. Unfortunately, this is probably not the book to start with. I didn't like any of the characters - the ... 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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