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Thursday, 27 September 2012

Statues In Science Fiction #1

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'His favorite was the gigantic killer-eagle landing in the middle of the monoliths in the memorial for the soldiers, sailors, and airmen killed in World War II. The largest eagle, probably, in all Manhattan. His talons ripped apart what was surely the largest artichoke.'
'Angouleme', Thomas M. Disch
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