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There was a man named John Strapp; the most valuable, the most powerful, the
most legendary man in a world containing seven hundred planets and seventeen
hundred billion people. He was prized for one quality alone. He could make ...
There was a man named John Strapp; the most valuable, the most powerful, the
most legendary man in a world containing seven hundred planets and seventeen
hundred billion people. He was prized for one quality alone. He could make ...
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"I'll make an analogy. Back in the nineteen hundreds, people played card games
with fifty-two cards in the deck. Those were simple times. Today everything's
more complex. We're playing with fifty-two hundred in the deck. Understand?" "I'll
go ...
"I'll make an analogy. Back in the nineteen hundreds, people played card games
with fifty-two cards in the deck. Those were simple times. Today everything's
more complex. We're playing with fifty-two hundred in the deck. Understand?" "I'll
go ...
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"One hundred dollars. I took the bill over to Bernie the pawnbroker, being
cautious-like, and he found out it's a forgery. It's a counterfeit." "Oh, no," Jane
laughed. "That's too much. Counterfeit?" "Look at this," Mr. Macy shouted,
slamming the bill ...
"One hundred dollars. I took the bill over to Bernie the pawnbroker, being
cautious-like, and he found out it's a forgery. It's a counterfeit." "Oh, no," Jane
laughed. "That's too much. Counterfeit?" "Look at this," Mr. Macy shouted,
slamming the bill ...
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| Title | Star light, star bright Volume 2 of The Great Short Fiction of Alfred Bester, Alfred Bester |
| Author | Alfred Bester |
| Publisher | Berkley Publishing Corporation, 1976 |
| Original from | the University of Virginia |
| Digitized | 4 Apr 2011 |
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