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* BlatantLies: In "Barney", the multiple spelling errors in [[spoiler:the last entry of the journal]] are explained as being caused by a ''wrist sprain''.



* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The ending of "Barney." [[spoiler:"Please do not disturb anything on the island ... espechilly the old well. Do not look for my body as I will caste myself into
the see."]]

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The ending of "Barney." [[spoiler:"Please "
-->Please
do not disturb anything on the island ... island [...] espechilly the old well. Do [[spoiler:Do not look for my body as I will caste myself into
into the see."]]]]
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The ending of "Barney." [[spoiler:"Please do not disturb anything on the island [...] espechilly the old well. Do not look for my body as I will caste myself into

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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The ending of "Barney." [[spoiler:"Please do not disturb anything on the island [...] island ... espechilly the old well. Do not look for my body as I will caste myself into
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* SuspiciouslySpecificDenial: The ending of "Barney." [[spoiler:"Please do not disturb anything on the island [...] espechilly the old well. Do not look for my body as I will caste myself into
the see."]]
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* "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth (1952)

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* "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth Creator/CyrilMKornbluth (1952)
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* "{{Literature/Hilda}}", by Creator/HBHickey (1952)

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* "{{Literature/Hilda}}", "{{Literature/Hilda|Hickey}}", by Creator/HBHickey (1952)
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* {{Chronoscope}}: In "Who's Cribbing?", a writer accused of plagiarism claims that what's really going on is that ''he'' wrote the original work, and the long-dead author he's accused of plagiarising stole it using a chronoscope.
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* "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", by Creator/PoulAnderson (1958)

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* "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", by Creator/PoulAnderson (1958)



* "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch (1954)
* "The Ambassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher (1952)
* "The Weapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Random Sample", by T P Caravan (1953)
* " Oscar", by Cleve Cartmill (1941)
* "The Mist", by Peter Cartur (1952)
* "Teething Ring", by James Causey (1953)
* "The Haunted Space Suit", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1958)
* "Stair Trick", by Mildred Clingerman (1952)
* "Unwelcome Tenant", by Roger Dee (1950)
* "The Mathematicians", by Arthur Feldman (1953)
* "The Third Level", by Jack Finney
* "Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!", by Stuart Friedman
* "The Figure", by Edward Grendon (1947)
* "The Rag Thing", by David Grinnell (1951)
* "The Good Provider", by Marion Gross (1952)
* "Columbus Was A Dope", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Texas Week", by Albert Hernhuter (1954)
* "Hilda", by H B Hickey (1952)
* "The Choice", by Whilton Young (1952)
* "Not With A Bang", by Creator/DamonKnight (1950)
* "The Altar At Midnight", by C M Kornbluth (1952)
* "A Bad Day For Sales", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1953)
* "Who's Cribbing", by Jack Lewis (1953)
* "Spectator Sport", by John D Macdonald (1950)
* "The Cricket Ball", by Avro Manhattan (1955)
* "Double Take", by Winston K Marks (1953)
* "Prolog", by John P Mcknight (1951)
* "The Available Data On The Worp Reaction", by Lion Miller (1953)
* "Narapoia", by Alan Nelson (1948)
* "Tiger By The Tail", by Alan E Nourse (1951)
* "Counter Charm", by Peter Phillips (1951)

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* "Men Are Different", "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch Creator/AlanBloch (1954)
* "The Ambassadors", "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher (1952)
* "The Weapon", "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Random Sample", "Literature/RandomSample", by T P Caravan Creator/TPCaravan (1953)
* " Oscar", "{{Literature/Oscar}}", by Cleve Cartmill Creator/CleveCartmill (1941)
* "The Mist", by Peter Cartur Creator/PeterCartur (1952)
* "Teething Ring", "Literature/TeethingRing", by James Causey Creator/JamesCausey (1953)
* "The "[[Literature/WhosThere The Haunted Space Suit", Suit]]", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1958)
* "Stair Trick", "Literature/StairTrick", by Mildred Clingerman Creator/MildredClingerman (1952)
* "Unwelcome Tenant", "Literature/UnwelcomeTenant", by Roger Dee Creator/RogerDee (1950)
* "The Mathematicians", "Literature/TheMathematicians", by Arthur Feldman Creator/ArthurFeldman (1953)
* "The Third Level", "Literature/TheThirdLevel", by Jack Finney
Creator/JackFinney
* "Beautiful, "[[Literature/BeautifulBeautifulBeautiful Beautiful, Beautiful!", Beautiful, Beautiful!]]", by Stuart Friedman
Creator/StuartFriedman
* "The Figure", "Literature/TheFigure", by Edward Grendon Creator/EdwardGrendon (1947)
* "The Rag Thing", "Literature/TheRagThing", by David Grinnell Creator/DavidGrinnell (1951)
* "The Good Provider", "Literature/TheGoodProvider", by Marion Gross Creator/MarionGross (1952)
* "Columbus Was A Dope", "Literature/ColumbusWasADope", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Texas Week", "Literature/TexasWeek", by Albert Hernhuter Creator/AlbertHernhuter (1954)
* "Hilda", "{{Literature/Hilda}}", by H B Hickey Creator/HBHickey (1952)
* "The Choice", "Literature/TheChoice", by Whilton Young Creator/WHiltonYoung (1952)
* "Not With A Bang", "Literature/NotWithABang", by Creator/DamonKnight (1950)
* "The Altar At Midnight", "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", by C M Kornbluth Creator/CMKornbluth (1952)
* "A Bad Day For Sales", "Literature/ABadDayForSales", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1953)
* "Who's Cribbing", "Literature/WhosCribbing", by Jack Lewis Creator/JackLewis (1953)
* "Spectator Sport", "Literature/SpectatorSport", by John D Macdonald Creator/JohnDMacDonald (1950)
* "The Cricket Ball", "Literature/TheCricketBall", by Avro Manhattan Creator/AvroManhattan (1955)
* "Double Take", "Literature/DoubleTake", by Winston K Marks Creator/WinstonKMarks (1953)
* "Prolog", "{{Literature/Prolog}}", by John P Mcknight Creator/JohnPMcKnight (1951)
* "The Available Data On The Worp Reaction", "Literature/TheAvailableDataOnTheWorpReaction", by Lion Miller Creator/LionMiller (1953)
* "Narapoia", "Literature/{{Narapoia}}", by Alan Nelson Creator/AlanNelson (1948)
* "Tiger By The Tail", "Literature/TigerByTheTail", by Alan E Nourse Creator/AlanENourse (1951)
* "Counter Charm", "Literature/CounterCharm", by Peter Phillips Creator/PeterPhillips (1951)



* "The Business As Usual", by Creator/MackReynolds (1952)
* "Two Weeks In August", by Frank M Robinson (1951)
* "See?", by Edward G Robles Jr (1954)
* "Appointment At Noon", by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1954)
* "We Don't Want Any Trouble", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1953)
* "Built Down Logically", by Howard Schoenfeld (1951)
* "An Egg A Month From All Over", by Idris Seabright (1952)
* "The Perfect Woman", by Creator/RobertSheckley (1953)
* "The Hunters", by Walt Sheldon (1952)
* "The Martian & The Magician", by Evelyn E Smith (1952)
* "Barney", by Will Stanton (1951)
* "Talent", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1953)
* "Project Hush", by Creator/WilliamTenn (1954)
* "The Great Judge", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Emergency Landing", by Ralph Williams (1940)
* "Obviously Suicide", by S Fowler Wright (1951)
* "Six Haiku", by Karen Anderson (1962)

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* "The Business As Usual", "Literature/TheBusinessAsUsual", by Creator/MackReynolds (1952)
* "Two Weeks In August", "Literature/TwoWeeksInAugust", by Frank M Robinson Creator/FrankMRobinson (1951)
* "See?", "{{Literature/See}}?", by Edward G Robles Jr Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr (1954)
* "Appointment At Noon", "Literature/AppointmentAtNoon", by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1954)
* "We Don't Want Any Trouble", "Literature/WeDontWantAnyTrouble", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1953)
* "Built Down Logically", "Literature/BuiltDownLogically", by Howard Schoenfeld Creator/HowardSchoenfeld (1951)
* "An Egg A Month From All Over", "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver", by Idris Seabright Creator/IdrisSeabright (1952)
* "The Perfect Woman", "Literature/ThePerfectWoman", by Creator/RobertSheckley (1953)
* "The Hunters", "Literature/TheHunters", by Walt Sheldon Creator/WaltSheldon (1952)
* "The Martian & The Magician", "Literature/TheMartianAndTheMagician", by Evelyn E Smith Creator/EvelynESmith (1952)
* "Barney", "{{Literature/Barney}}", by Will Stanton Creator/WillStanton (1951)
* "Talent", "{{Literature/Talent}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1953)
* "Project Hush", "Literature/ProjectHush", by Creator/WilliamTenn (1954)
* "The Great Judge", "Literature/TheGreatJudge", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Emergency Landing", "Literature/EmergencyLanding", by Ralph Williams Creator/RalphWilliams (1940)
* "Obviously Suicide", "Literature/ObviouslySuicide", by S Fowler Wright Creator/SFowlerWright (1951)
* "Six Haiku", "Literature/SixHaiku", by Karen Anderson Creator/KarenAnderson (1962)



* {{Atlantis}}: "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, Tir-nan-Og, Tartessus, and Punt.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Charley, the narrator of "The Third Level", wants to get to 1894 Illinois [[spoiler: like Sam, his psychiatrist]].
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative robot narrator]] describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland" as described in ''Literature/TheSagaOfErikTheRed''.

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* {{Atlantis}}: "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, Tir-nan-Og, Tartessus, and Punt.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Charley, the narrator of "The Third Level", "Literature/TheThirdLevel", wants to get to 1894 Illinois [[spoiler: like Sam, his psychiatrist]].
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Men Are Different", "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative robot narrator]] describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland" as described in ''Literature/TheSagaOfErikTheRed''.



* HumanoidAliens: In "The Ambassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher, the aliens found on {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance.
* NamelessNarrative: "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names.

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* HumanoidAliens: In "The Ambassadors", "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher, the aliens found on {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance.
* NamelessNarrative: "Men Are Different", "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names.



** "An Egg A Month From All Over" is credited to 'Idris Seabright', a name Margaret St Clair used for any stories she published in ''The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction''.
** "The Mist" is credited to 'Peter Cartur', a name used by Peter Grainger.
** "The Rag Thing" is credited to 'David Grinnell', a pseudonym for Donald A Wollheim.
* PeopleZoo: "Teething Ring", a ShortStory by James Causey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of [[WackyFratboyHijinx an unusual fraternity initiation]].
* ShoutOut: "The Weapon", by Creator/FredricBrown, mentions ''Literature/ChickenLittle'' by name.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: "Teething Ring", a ShortStory by James Causey,, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being [[PeopleZoo an alien anthropologist]].
* WorstAid: In "Men Are Different", by Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative Man]] was sick and the [[NamelessNarrative Robot]] tried to help by administering first aid, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs.]]

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** "An Egg A Month From All Over" "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver" is credited to 'Idris Seabright', Creator/IdrisSeabright, a name Margaret St Clair Creator/MargaretStClair used for any stories she published in ''The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction''.
''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''.
** "The Mist" is credited to 'Peter Cartur', Creator/PeterCartur, a name used by Peter Grainger.
Creator/PeterGrainger.
** "The Rag Thing" "Literature/TheRagThing" is credited to 'David Grinnell', Creator/DavidGrinnell, a pseudonym for Donald A Wollheim.
Creator/DonaldAWollheim.
* PeopleZoo: "Teething Ring", "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by James Causey, Creator/JamesCausey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of [[WackyFratboyHijinx an unusual fraternity initiation]].
* ShoutOut: "The Weapon", "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown, mentions ''Literature/ChickenLittle'' by name.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: "Teething Ring", "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by James Causey,, Creator/JamesCausey, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being [[PeopleZoo an alien anthropologist]].
* WorstAid: In "Men Are Different", "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative Man]] was sick and the [[NamelessNarrative Robot]] tried to help by administering first aid, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs.]]
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First published in 1963 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Groff Conklin, this GenreAnthology contains fifty ScienceFiction [[ShortStory short stories]] (plus two [[{{Poetry}} poems]]) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors.

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First published in 1963 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Groff Conklin, Creator/GroffConklin, this GenreAnthology contains fifty ScienceFiction [[ShortStory short stories]] (plus two [[{{Poetry}} poems]]) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors.
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First published in 1963 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/GroffConklin, this GenreAnthology contains fifty ScienceFiction [[ShortStory short stories]] (plus two [[{{Poetry}} poems]]) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors.

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First published in 1963 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/GroffConklin, Groff Conklin, this GenreAnthology contains fifty ScienceFiction [[ShortStory short stories]] (plus two [[{{Poetry}} poems]]) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors.



* "The Altar At Midnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth (1952)

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* "The Altar At Midnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth C M Kornbluth (1952)



* "Who's Cribbing", by Creator/JackLewis (1953)
* "Spectator Sport", by Creator/JohnDMacDonald (1950)
* "The Cricket Ball", by Creator/AvroManhattan (1955)
* "Double Take", by Creator/WinstonKMarks (1953)
* "Prolog", by Creator/JohnPMcKnight (1951)
* "The Available Data On The Worp Reaction", by Creator/LionMiller (1953)
* "Narapoia", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948)
* "Tiger By The Tail", by Creator/AlanENourse (1951)
* "Counter Charm", by Creator/PeterPhillips (1951)
* "The Fly", by Creator/ArthurPorges (1952)

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* "Who's Cribbing", by Creator/JackLewis Jack Lewis (1953)
* "Spectator Sport", by Creator/JohnDMacDonald John D Macdonald (1950)
* "The Cricket Ball", by Creator/AvroManhattan Avro Manhattan (1955)
* "Double Take", by Creator/WinstonKMarks by Winston K Marks (1953)
* "Prolog", by Creator/JohnPMcKnight by John P Mcknight (1951)
* "The Available Data On The Worp Reaction", by Creator/LionMiller Lion Miller (1953)
* "Narapoia", by Creator/AlanNelson Alan Nelson (1948)
* "Tiger By The Tail", by Creator/AlanENourse Alan E Nourse (1951)
* "Counter Charm", by Creator/PeterPhillips Peter Phillips (1951)
* "The Fly", by Creator/ArthurPorges Arthur Porges (1952)



* "Two Weeks In August", by Creator/FrankMRobinson (1951)
* "See?", by Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr (1954)

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* "Two Weeks In August", by Creator/FrankMRobinson Frank M Robinson (1951)
* "See?", by Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr Edward G Robles Jr (1954)



* "Built Down Logically", by Creator/HowardSchoenfeld (1951)
* "An Egg A Month From All Over", by Creator/IdrisSeabright (1952)

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* "Built Down Logically", by Creator/HowardSchoenfeld Howard Schoenfeld (1951)
* "An Egg A Month From All Over", by Creator/IdrisSeabright Idris Seabright (1952)



* "The Hunters", by Creator/WaltSheldon (1952)
* "The Martian & The Magician", by Creator/EvelynESmith (1952)
* "Barney", by Creator/WillStanton (1951)

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* "The Hunters", by Creator/WaltSheldon by Walt Sheldon (1952)
* "The Martian & The Magician", by Creator/EvelynESmith by Evelyn E Smith (1952)
* "Barney", by Creator/WillStanton Will Stanton (1951)



* HumanoidAliens: In "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher, the aliens found on {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance.

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* HumanoidAliens: In "Literature/TheAmbassadors", "The Ambassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher, the aliens found on {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance.



** "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver" is credited to Creator/IdrisSeabright, a name Creator/MargaretStClair used for any stories she published in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''.
** "The Mist" is credited to Creator/PeterCartur, a name used by Creator/PeterGrainger.
** "Literature/TheRagThing" is credited to Creator/DavidGrinnell, a pseudonym for Creator/DonaldAWollheim.
* PeopleZoo: "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of [[WackyFratboyHijinx an unusual fraternity initiation]].
* ShoutOut: "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown, mentions ''Literature/ChickenLittle'' by name.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being [[PeopleZoo an alien anthropologist]].

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** "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver" "An Egg A Month From All Over" is credited to Creator/IdrisSeabright, 'Idris Seabright', a name Creator/MargaretStClair Margaret St Clair used for any stories she published in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''.
''The Magazine Of Fantasy & Science Fiction''.
** "The Mist" is credited to Creator/PeterCartur, 'Peter Cartur', a name used by Creator/PeterGrainger.
Peter Grainger.
** "Literature/TheRagThing" "The Rag Thing" is credited to Creator/DavidGrinnell, 'David Grinnell', a pseudonym for Creator/DonaldAWollheim.
Donald A Wollheim.
* PeopleZoo: "Literature/TeethingRing", "Teething Ring", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, James Causey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of [[WackyFratboyHijinx an unusual fraternity initiation]].
* ShoutOut: "Literature/TheWeapon", "The Weapon", by Creator/FredricBrown, mentions ''Literature/ChickenLittle'' by name.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: "Literature/TeethingRing", "Teething Ring", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, James Causey,, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being [[PeopleZoo an alien anthropologist]].

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* "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", by Creator/PoulAnderson (1958)

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* "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", by Creator/PoulAnderson (1958)



* "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch (1954)
* "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher (1952)
* "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Literature/RandomSample", by Creator/TPCaravan (1953)
* "{{Literature/Oscar}}", by Creator/CleveCartmill (1941)
* "The Mist", by Creator/PeterCartur (1952)
* "Literature/TeethingRing", by Creator/JamesCausey (1953)
* "[[Literature/WhosThere The Haunted Space Suit]]", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1958)
* "Literature/StairTrick", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1952)
* "Literature/UnwelcomeTenant", by Creator/RogerDee (1950)
* "Literature/TheMathematicians", by Creator/ArthurFeldman (1953)
* "Literature/TheThirdLevel", by Creator/JackFinney
* "[[Literature/BeautifulBeautifulBeautiful Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!]]", by Creator/StuartFriedman
* "Literature/TheFigure", by Creator/EdwardGrendon (1947)
* "Literature/TheRagThing", by Creator/DavidGrinnell (1951)
* "Literature/TheGoodProvider", by Creator/MarionGross (1952)
* "Literature/ColumbusWasADope", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Literature/TexasWeek", by Creator/AlbertHernhuter (1954)
* "{{Literature/Hilda}}", by Creator/HBHickey (1952)
* "Literature/TheChoice", by Creator/WHiltonYoung (1952)
* "Literature/NotWithABang", by Creator/DamonKnight (1950)
* "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth (1952)
* "Literature/ABadDayForSales", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1953)
* "Literature/WhosCribbing", by Creator/JackLewis (1953)
* "Literature/SpectatorSport", by Creator/JohnDMacDonald (1950)
* "Literature/TheCricketBall", by Creator/AvroManhattan (1955)
* "Literature/DoubleTake", by Creator/WinstonKMarks (1953)
* "{{Literature/Prolog}}", by Creator/JohnPMcKnight (1951)
* "Literature/TheAvailableDataOnTheWorpReaction", by Creator/LionMiller (1953)
* "Literature/{{Narapoia}}", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948)
* "Literature/TigerByTheTail", by Creator/AlanENourse (1951)
* "Literature/CounterCharm", by Creator/PeterPhillips (1951)

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* "Literature/MenAreDifferent", "Men Are Different", by Creator/AlanBloch Alan Bloch (1954)
* "Literature/TheAmbassadors", "The Ambassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher (1952)
* "Literature/TheWeapon", "The Weapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Literature/RandomSample", "Random Sample", by Creator/TPCaravan T P Caravan (1953)
* "{{Literature/Oscar}}", " Oscar", by Creator/CleveCartmill Cleve Cartmill (1941)
* "The Mist", by Creator/PeterCartur Peter Cartur (1952)
* "Literature/TeethingRing", "Teething Ring", by Creator/JamesCausey James Causey (1953)
* "[[Literature/WhosThere The "The Haunted Space Suit]]", Suit", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1958)
* "Literature/StairTrick", "Stair Trick", by Creator/MildredClingerman Mildred Clingerman (1952)
* "Literature/UnwelcomeTenant", "Unwelcome Tenant", by Creator/RogerDee Roger Dee (1950)
* "Literature/TheMathematicians", "The Mathematicians", by Creator/ArthurFeldman Arthur Feldman (1953)
* "Literature/TheThirdLevel", "The Third Level", by Creator/JackFinney
Jack Finney
* "[[Literature/BeautifulBeautifulBeautiful "Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!]]", Beautiful!", by Creator/StuartFriedman
Stuart Friedman
* "Literature/TheFigure", "The Figure", by Creator/EdwardGrendon Edward Grendon (1947)
* "Literature/TheRagThing", "The Rag Thing", by Creator/DavidGrinnell David Grinnell (1951)
* "Literature/TheGoodProvider", "The Good Provider", by Creator/MarionGross Marion Gross (1952)
* "Literature/ColumbusWasADope", "Columbus Was A Dope", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Literature/TexasWeek", "Texas Week", by Creator/AlbertHernhuter Albert Hernhuter (1954)
* "{{Literature/Hilda}}", "Hilda", by Creator/HBHickey H B Hickey (1952)
* "Literature/TheChoice", "The Choice", by Creator/WHiltonYoung Whilton Young (1952)
* "Literature/NotWithABang", "Not With A Bang", by Creator/DamonKnight (1950)
* "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", "The Altar At Midnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth (1952)
* "Literature/ABadDayForSales", "A Bad Day For Sales", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1953)
* "Literature/WhosCribbing", "Who's Cribbing", by Creator/JackLewis (1953)
* "Literature/SpectatorSport", "Spectator Sport", by Creator/JohnDMacDonald (1950)
* "Literature/TheCricketBall", "The Cricket Ball", by Creator/AvroManhattan (1955)
* "Literature/DoubleTake", "Double Take", by Creator/WinstonKMarks (1953)
* "{{Literature/Prolog}}", "Prolog", by Creator/JohnPMcKnight (1951)
* "Literature/TheAvailableDataOnTheWorpReaction", "The Available Data On The Worp Reaction", by Creator/LionMiller (1953)
* "Literature/{{Narapoia}}", "Narapoia", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948)
* "Literature/TigerByTheTail", "Tiger By The Tail", by Creator/AlanENourse (1951)
* "Literature/CounterCharm", "Counter Charm", by Creator/PeterPhillips (1951)



* "Literature/TheBusinessAsUsual", by Creator/MackReynolds (1952)
* "Literature/TwoWeeksInAugust", by Creator/FrankMRobinson (1951)
* "{{Literature/See}}?", by Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr (1954)
* "Literature/AppointmentAtNoon", by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1954)
* "Literature/WeDontWantAnyTrouble", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1953)
* "Literature/BuiltDownLogically", by Creator/HowardSchoenfeld (1951)
* "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver", by Creator/IdrisSeabright (1952)
* "Literature/ThePerfectWoman", by Creator/RobertSheckley (1953)
* "Literature/TheHunters", by Creator/WaltSheldon (1952)
* "Literature/TheMartianAndTheMagician", by Creator/EvelynESmith (1952)
* "{{Literature/Barney}}", by Creator/WillStanton (1951)
* "{{Literature/Talent}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1953)
* "Literature/ProjectHush", by Creator/WilliamTenn (1954)
* "Literature/TheGreatJudge", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Literature/EmergencyLanding", by Creator/RalphWilliams (1940)
* "Literature/ObviouslySuicide", by Creator/SFowlerWright (1951)
* "Literature/SixHaiku", by Creator/KarenAnderson (1962)

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* "Literature/TheBusinessAsUsual", "The Business As Usual", by Creator/MackReynolds (1952)
* "Literature/TwoWeeksInAugust", "Two Weeks In August", by Creator/FrankMRobinson (1951)
* "{{Literature/See}}?", "See?", by Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr (1954)
* "Literature/AppointmentAtNoon", "Appointment At Noon", by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1954)
* "Literature/WeDontWantAnyTrouble", "We Don't Want Any Trouble", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1953)
* "Literature/BuiltDownLogically", "Built Down Logically", by Creator/HowardSchoenfeld (1951)
* "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver", "An Egg A Month From All Over", by Creator/IdrisSeabright (1952)
* "Literature/ThePerfectWoman", "The Perfect Woman", by Creator/RobertSheckley (1953)
* "Literature/TheHunters", "The Hunters", by Creator/WaltSheldon (1952)
* "Literature/TheMartianAndTheMagician", "The Martian & The Magician", by Creator/EvelynESmith (1952)
* "{{Literature/Barney}}", "Barney", by Creator/WillStanton (1951)
* "{{Literature/Talent}}", "Talent", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1953)
* "Literature/ProjectHush", "Project Hush", by Creator/WilliamTenn (1954)
* "Literature/TheGreatJudge", "The Great Judge", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Literature/EmergencyLanding", "Emergency Landing", by Creator/RalphWilliams Ralph Williams (1940)
* "Literature/ObviouslySuicide", "Obviously Suicide", by Creator/SFowlerWright S Fowler Wright (1951)
* "Literature/SixHaiku", "Six Haiku", by Creator/KarenAnderson Karen Anderson (1962)



* {{Atlantis}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, Tir-nan-Og, Tartessus, and Punt.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch, the [[NamelessNarrative robot narrator]] describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland" as described in ''Literature/TheSagaOfErikTheRed''.

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* {{Atlantis}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, Tir-nan-Og, Tartessus, and Punt.
* BornInTheWrongCentury: Charley, the narrator of "The Third Level", wants to get to 1894 Illinois [[spoiler: like Sam, his psychiatrist]].
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DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", "Men Are Different", by Creator/AlanBloch, Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative robot narrator]] describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", "Ballade Of An Artificial Satellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland" as described in ''Literature/TheSagaOfErikTheRed''.



* NamelessNarrative: "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names.

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* NamelessNarrative: "Literature/MenAreDifferent", "Men Are Different", by Creator/AlanBloch, Alan Bloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names.



* WorstAid: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch, the [[NamelessNarrative Man]] was sick and the [[NamelessNarrative Robot]] tried to help by administering first aid, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs.]]

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* WorstAid: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", "Men Are Different", by Creator/AlanBloch, Alan Bloch, the [[NamelessNarrative Man]] was sick and the [[NamelessNarrative Robot]] tried to help by administering first aid, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs.]]
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Thorfinn Karlsefni is the protagonist of the quoted passage, not the author. The quote is actually from The Saga Of Erik The Red. Corrections to the quote according to online scan of the original.


* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from Creator/ThorfinnKarlsefni's ''[[Literature/TheVinlandSagas Voyage to Vinland]]''.
--> "Thence they sailed far to the southward along the land, and came to a ness; the land lay upon the right; there were long and sandy strands. They rowed to land, and found there upon the ness the keel of a ship, and called the Keetness, and the stands called Wonderstrands for it took long to sail by them."

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* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from Creator/ThorfinnKarlsefni's ''[[Literature/TheVinlandSagas Voyage "Thorfinn Karlsefni's voyage to Vinland]]''.
Vinland" as described in ''Literature/TheSagaOfErikTheRed''.
--> "Thence they sailed far to the southward along the land, and came to a ness; the land lay upon the right; there were long and sandy strands. They rowed to land, and found there upon the ness the keel of a ship, and called the Keetness, place Keelness, and the stands strands they called Wonderstrands for it took long to sail by them."
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It is misleading to call Tartessus or Punt "historical". These are places that may have existed, but we do not know where they were and we know nothing of their history.


* "Literature/Narapoia", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948)

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* "Literature/Narapoia", "Literature/{{Narapoia}}", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948)



* {{Atlantis}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several cities lost to myth; Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, and Tir-nan-Og, as well as historical cities nearly as old; Tartessus, Ceylon, and Punt.

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* {{Atlantis}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several lands or cities lost to myth; myth, such as Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, and Tir-nan-Og, as well as historical cities nearly as old; Tartessus, Ceylon, and Punt.
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Wick leads to another work with the same name.


* "Literature/TheFly", by Creator/ArthurPorges (1952)

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* "Literature/TheFly", "The Fly", by Creator/ArthurPorges (1952)
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Wick leads to another work with the same name.


* "Literature/TheMist", by Creator/PeterCartur (1952)

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* "Literature/TheMist", "The Mist", by Creator/PeterCartur (1952)



** "Literature/TheMist" is credited to Creator/PeterCartur, a name used by Creator/PeterGrainger.

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** "Literature/TheMist" "The Mist" is credited to Creator/PeterCartur, a name used by Creator/PeterGrainger.
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First published in 1963 by editors Creator/IsaacAsimov and Creator/GroffConklin, this GenreAnthology contains fifty ScienceFiction [[ShortStory short stories]] (plus two [[{{Poetry}} poems]]) and a short introduction by each of the famous anthology editors.
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!!Works in this anthology:
[[index]]
* "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", by Creator/PoulAnderson (1958)
* "Literature/TheFunTheyHad", by Creator/IsaacAsimov (1951)
* "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch (1954)
* "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher (1952)
* "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown (1951)
* "Literature/RandomSample", by Creator/TPCaravan (1953)
* "{{Literature/Oscar}}", by Creator/CleveCartmill (1941)
* "Literature/TheMist", by Creator/PeterCartur (1952)
* "Literature/TeethingRing", by Creator/JamesCausey (1953)
* "[[Literature/WhosThere The Haunted Space Suit]]", by Creator/ArthurCClarke (1958)
* "Literature/StairTrick", by Creator/MildredClingerman (1952)
* "Literature/UnwelcomeTenant", by Creator/RogerDee (1950)
* "Literature/TheMathematicians", by Creator/ArthurFeldman (1953)
* "Literature/TheThirdLevel", by Creator/JackFinney
* "[[Literature/BeautifulBeautifulBeautiful Beautiful, Beautiful, Beautiful!]]", by Creator/StuartFriedman
* "Literature/TheFigure", by Creator/EdwardGrendon (1947)
* "Literature/TheRagThing", by Creator/DavidGrinnell (1951)
* "Literature/TheGoodProvider", by Creator/MarionGross (1952)
* "Literature/ColumbusWasADope", by Creator/RobertAHeinlein (1947)
* "Literature/TexasWeek", by Creator/AlbertHernhuter (1954)
* "{{Literature/Hilda}}", by Creator/HBHickey (1952)
* "Literature/TheChoice", by Creator/WHiltonYoung (1952)
* "Literature/NotWithABang", by Creator/DamonKnight (1950)
* "Literature/TheAltarAtMidnight", by Creator/CMKornbluth (1952)
* "Literature/ABadDayForSales", by Creator/FritzLeiber (1953)
* "Literature/WhosCribbing", by Creator/JackLewis (1953)
* "Literature/SpectatorSport", by Creator/JohnDMacDonald (1950)
* "Literature/TheCricketBall", by Creator/AvroManhattan (1955)
* "Literature/DoubleTake", by Creator/WinstonKMarks (1953)
* "{{Literature/Prolog}}", by Creator/JohnPMcKnight (1951)
* "Literature/TheAvailableDataOnTheWorpReaction", by Creator/LionMiller (1953)
* "Literature/Narapoia", by Creator/AlanNelson (1948)
* "Literature/TigerByTheTail", by Creator/AlanENourse (1951)
* "Literature/CounterCharm", by Creator/PeterPhillips (1951)
* "Literature/TheFly", by Creator/ArthurPorges (1952)
* "Literature/TheBusinessAsUsual", by Creator/MackReynolds (1952)
* "Literature/TwoWeeksInAugust", by Creator/FrankMRobinson (1951)
* "{{Literature/See}}?", by Creator/EdwardGRoblesJr (1954)
* "Literature/AppointmentAtNoon", by Creator/EricFrankRussell (1954)
* "Literature/WeDontWantAnyTrouble", by Creator/JamesHSchmitz (1953)
* "Literature/BuiltDownLogically", by Creator/HowardSchoenfeld (1951)
* "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver", by Creator/IdrisSeabright (1952)
* "Literature/ThePerfectWoman", by Creator/RobertSheckley (1953)
* "Literature/TheHunters", by Creator/WaltSheldon (1952)
* "Literature/TheMartianAndTheMagician", by Creator/EvelynESmith (1952)
* "{{Literature/Barney}}", by Creator/WillStanton (1951)
* "{{Literature/Talent}}", by Creator/TheodoreSturgeon (1953)
* "Literature/ProjectHush", by Creator/WilliamTenn (1954)
* "Literature/TheGreatJudge", by Creator/AEVanVogt (1948)
* "Literature/EmergencyLanding", by Creator/RalphWilliams (1940)
* "Literature/ObviouslySuicide", by Creator/SFowlerWright (1951)
* "Literature/SixHaiku", by Creator/KarenAnderson (1962)
[[/index]]
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!!Tropes appearing in this work:
* {{Atlantis}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, mentions several cities lost to myth; Atlantis, Avalon, Cibola, and Tir-nan-Og, as well as historical cities nearly as old; Tartessus, Ceylon, and Punt.
* DramaticallyMissingThePoint: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch, the [[NamelessNarrative robot narrator]] describes how they learned that humans aren't quite the same as robots.
* {{Epigraph}}: "Literature/BalladeOfAnArtificialSatellite", a [[{{Poetry}} Poem]] by Creator/PoulAnderson, opens with a quote from Creator/ThorfinnKarlsefni's ''[[Literature/TheVinlandSagas Voyage to Vinland]]''.
--> "Thence they sailed far to the southward along the land, and came to a ness; the land lay upon the right; there were long and sandy strands. They rowed to land, and found there upon the ness the keel of a ship, and called the Keetness, and the stands called Wonderstrands for it took long to sail by them."
* HumanoidAliens: In "Literature/TheAmbassadors", by Creator/AnthonyBoucher, the aliens found on {{UsefulNotes/Mars}} had evolved from a canine-like basis, still with the general humanoid appearance.
* NamelessNarrative: "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch, has a Man and a Robot, describing their "species" rather than their actual names.
* PenName:
** "Literature/AnEggAMonthFromAllOver" is credited to Creator/IdrisSeabright, a name Creator/MargaretStClair used for any stories she published in ''Magazine/TheMagazineOfFantasyAndScienceFiction''.
** "Literature/TheMist" is credited to Creator/PeterCartur, a name used by Creator/PeterGrainger.
** "Literature/TheRagThing" is credited to Creator/DavidGrinnell, a pseudonym for Creator/DonaldAWollheim.
* PeopleZoo: "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, an alien disguised as a human has come for first-hand information for their anthropological project. Melinda assumes he's saying this because of [[WackyFratboyHijinx an unusual fraternity initiation]].
* ShoutOut: "Literature/TheWeapon", by Creator/FredricBrown, mentions ''Literature/ChickenLittle'' by name.
* WackyFratboyHijinx: "Literature/TeethingRing", a ShortStory by Creator/JamesCausey, Melinda assumes the poor guy with a shaven head trying to trade geegaws for information must be trying to complete a fraternity initiation test, rather than being [[PeopleZoo an alien anthropologist]].
* WorstAid: In "Literature/MenAreDifferent", by Creator/AlanBloch, the [[NamelessNarrative Man]] was sick and the [[NamelessNarrative Robot]] tried to help by administering first aid, [[DramaticallyMissingThePoint figuring that Robots and Man take the same sort of repairs.]]
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