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Oh, I see: a generic synopsis
No, see post above to REB.
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Six-word SF synopses
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Fox
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10/28/2006 3:16:24 AM
Enemy Mine: Louis Gosset Jr. delivers
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SDG
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11/2/2006 3:42:38 PM
Dennis Quaid performs role of midwife
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SDG
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11/2/2006 3:43:42 PM
Pssthpok the pak finds lost Breeders
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Adam
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11/2/2006 10:03:00 AM
Rishatra, Vampires, Ghouls, series dies ignobly
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FrankC
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11/2/2006 10:14:29 PM
Diebold Computer hacked. Kirk Passes Exam.
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Scott Evil
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11/1/2006 9:11:17 PM
Too much time on your hands....
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azstrummer
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10/31/2006 11:24:27 PM
Using feet distributes time more judiciously.
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alcaray
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11/1/2006 10:55:30 PM
Against conspiracy theorists, reason is futile.
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ER
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10/31/2006 1:40:53 PM
2026 to 1933 killed Hitler returned...?
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Chris Vancil
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10/31/2006 11:57:01 AM
Prevent war, girl, find Durand Durand
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Alan G. Archer
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10/31/2006 10:26:16 AM
Evolved sea anemones steal gas giant
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Adam
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10/31/2006 8:14:09 AM
Six pieces, Pete, Time, Fibuli, Androids.
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Mr Fibuli
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10/31/2006 4:19:32 AM
Earthmen came, Martians died. Did They?
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Adam
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10/31/2006 1:05:34 AM
Lanik a rad, becomes a god
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SDG
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10/30/2006 9:26:54 PM
"The Ramans do everything in threes"
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SDG
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10/30/2006 9:23:40 PM
Eggs and pork with the noodles?
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alcaray
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11/1/2006 10:56:53 PM
Kinky.
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TB
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10/30/2006 11:55:19 PM
Sex in Space. Radiation. Crab Nebula.
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Scott Evil
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11/1/2006 2:16:57 AM
All is lost! deux ex machina
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 8:48:54 PM
Child saves humanity, xenocide, humanity lost?
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 8:39:06 PM
"Piggies are people too", says Human
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SDG
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10/30/2006 8:43:16 PM
"except for females, they are Varelse"
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SDG
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10/30/2006 8:45:02 PM
Descolada even worse: send little Dr
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SDG
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10/30/2006 8:41:42 PM
The White Mountains, Don't get capped!
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SDG
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10/30/2006 8:35:24 PM
Lying Bastard, Ring World, migod agoraphobia
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 8:34:37 PM
palm print color, run Logan run!
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SDG
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10/30/2006 8:33:26 PM
Dome dwellers solve Social Security crisis
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Alan G. Archer
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10/31/2006 10:47:17 AM
Humans, Ousters fight. Shrike! the Beware
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Tony
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10/30/2006 8:33:00 PM
Ouch, squashed by Mega G smarts
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 9:07:47 PM
I need to read the sequels..... :-)
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Tony
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10/30/2006 9:34:59 PM
Farcasters exploit your brain; choose again.
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podrock
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10/30/2006 8:41:02 PM
Big Brother, A hate love relationship
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SDG
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10/30/2006 8:32:10 PM
Computer befriends man on moon, rebellion
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 8:28:07 PM
Empire, human epic, decay, regression, rebirth
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 8:22:16 PM
Space: the longest thread? yes, no
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 8:15:40 PM
By the way......best. thread. ever. :-)
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Tony
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10/30/2006 5:20:26 PM
1.21 jigawatts? 1.21 jigawatts? Great Scott!
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REB
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10/30/2006 3:51:55 PM
What the hell is a jigawatt?
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REB
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10/30/2006 3:52:30 PM
Something to do with Charlie's Angels?
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alcaray
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11/1/2006 10:58:13 PM
Mice first, porpoises second, humans third
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REB
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10/30/2006 3:20:41 PM
Khaaaaaaaaan!
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REB
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10/30/2006 3:13:04 PM
Kirk, Picard, Sisko, Janeway, Archer, Next?
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REB
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10/30/2006 3:42:03 PM
Got potato mountain? See the universe!
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Tony
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10/30/2006 2:39:17 PM
Half-Life: Time To Choose, Mr. Freeman.
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SDF
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10/30/2006 1:27:57 PM
Saturn Rukh Giant Flying Extraterrestrial Maw
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SDF
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10/30/2006 1:24:38 PM
Trilogy Sublime. Sequels Suck. Prequels Sucker!
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nick hoffman
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10/30/2006 12:40:13 PM
Jar Jar Binks meets Sarlacc, please?
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REB
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10/30/2006 10:49:27 PM
9 movies? show me the sequels!
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SDG
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10/30/2006 7:27:37 PM
Sequels
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nick hoffman
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10/31/2006 9:09:35 AM
Luke? Father! Sister? Mother? Father! Emperor!!
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nick hoffman
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10/30/2006 12:43:10 PM
A gift of flight on Jupiter. (n/t)
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Mr Fibuli
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10/30/2006 10:48:01 AM
Pupeteers, bi ped cat, unlucky, shadow sqaures. (n/t)
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Mr Fibuli
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10/30/2006 10:37:21 AM
You scream and you leap... great.
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Fox
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10/31/2006 1:17:04 AM
Axis wins, things get really weird
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Fox
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10/30/2006 3:46:05 AM
Jesus on Mars? Not bloody likely...
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Fox
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10/31/2006 1:19:11 AM
Dick writes. Arnie Stars. Major Hit!
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Tony
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10/30/2006 2:37:08 PM
Lost like tears in the rain
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 9:15:15 PM
Rape, walk, walk, walk, laugh, win!
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Tony
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10/30/2006 2:53:23 AM
Leper dies badly, a Foul defeat
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Adam
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10/31/2006 8:16:19 AM
Clockwork Orange came to mind
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REB
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10/30/2006 3:45:22 PM
Only 5 words??? Outcast! Leper! Unclean!
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Tony
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10/30/2006 3:59:05 PM
I give up, oh mighty one.
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REB
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10/30/2006 5:40:44 PM
Unbelievable, they don't have white gold!
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podrock
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10/30/2006 6:27:39 PM
Oh, I see: a generic synopsis
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Fox
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10/30/2006 3:35:50 AM
No, see post above to REB.
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Tony
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10/30/2006 4:00:51 PM
podrock's post provided clue: Covenant series
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Fox
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10/30/2006 6:50:36 PM
Impenetrable jungle, noble savages, white hero
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Fox
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10/30/2006 3:50:48 AM
Martian grasshoppers build spaceship, modify hominids
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Alan G. Archer
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10/29/2006 11:09:38 PM
I'm home: dirty apes not aliens
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Alan G. Archer
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10/29/2006 10:50:43 PM
Man, robots, mock 'This Island Earth'
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Alan G. Archer
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10/29/2006 8:52:57 PM
On Mars with monkey, liberates Friday
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Alan G. Archer
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10/29/2006 8:16:01 PM
Manifold: Malenfant Suffers For His Ambition.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 4:10:26 PM
Baxter's new genre: The parallel serial
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Robert
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10/29/2006 4:12:02 PM
Pandora's Star: Prime Lifeform Destroys All.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 4:07:00 PM
Arrggh, Fords and MickeyD in 2300
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FrankC
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10/30/2006 9:02:21 PM
Worse! Taco Bell in Demolition Man!
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Tony
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10/30/2006 9:10:16 PM
Redemption Ark: Inhibitors Destroy Spacefaring Races.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 4:01:24 PM
Killdozer: possessed juggernaut squashes people flat
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SDF
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10/29/2006 3:57:27 PM
Coalescent. Exultant. Transcendent. Malthusian. Dystopian. Baxterian.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 3:51:01 PM
Coalescent. Exultant. Transcendent. Malthusian. Darwinian. Baxterian.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 3:52:52 PM
Eon: Asteroid bigger inside than outside.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 3:45:53 PM
All the Suns set. Civilisation burns!
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nick hoffman
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10/29/2006 2:16:34 PM
Book was great, Movie was strange.
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REB
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10/30/2006 10:50:20 PM
(Nightfall)
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:35:11 PM
Monolith: Arise, monkey! Your destiny awaits!
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:25:08 PM
Against the fall of night, Alvin
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:22:36 PM
Between the city and the stars
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:28:07 PM
Cities take flight; politics as usual
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Fox
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11/3/2006 1:59:32 AM
Round and round we go! Spindizzy!
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Robert
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11/3/2006 2:19:20 AM
Ohhhhhhhhhhh! It wash pure Blish, too!
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Robert
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11/3/2006 2:21:07 AM
Bringing civilizations alive, using special inks.
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SDF
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10/29/2006 2:08:06 PM
Another I place at Star's End...
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Adam
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10/29/2006 1:54:55 PM
Who's this Mule guy? Oh crap!
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:11:19 PM
Foundation, Second Foundation, Foundation and Empire
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:09:49 PM
Prelude to Foundation, Forward the Foundation
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SDG
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10/30/2006 9:31:03 PM
The Caves of Steel; I, Robot (+...)
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Robert
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10/30/2006 9:54:07 PM
Space bug turns blood to powder
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Alan G. Archer
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10/29/2006 4:15:03 AM
Starbuck's a girl, Cylons are sexy
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SDG
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10/28/2006 11:52:31 PM
Red Mars, Green Mars, Blue Mars
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SDG
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10/28/2006 11:50:56 PM
re: Six-word SF synopses
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SDG
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10/28/2006 11:44:02 PM
I Robot: Three laws broken, nevermind.
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SDG
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10/28/2006 11:43:15 PM
R. Daneel Olivaw, wherefore art thou?
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:27:04 PM
AKA Chetter Hummin and Eto Demerzel
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SDG
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10/30/2006 9:34:20 PM
"Alas, Giskard, I knew him well"
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Robert
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10/30/2006 9:55:51 PM
Robots don't need no stinking rules!
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podrock
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10/29/2006 5:06:35 AM
QT'ing Greek Gods mess with time
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podrock
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10/28/2006 11:20:13 PM
Clay simulacra walk Earth, do chores.
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et
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10/28/2006 7:12:17 PM
Kiln People?
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Mr Fibuli
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10/30/2006 10:40:31 AM
The game needs a name: scifaiku?
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Robert
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10/28/2006 5:59:32 PM
Genius.
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Bowser
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10/29/2006 3:57:01 AM
Six word meme, won't let go
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Robert
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10/29/2006 2:20:53 PM
This time, lets make them rhyme?
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REB
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10/30/2006 8:41:29 PM
Brevity, a blessing in subject lines
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Fox
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10/29/2006 4:06:41 PM
The beat goes on and on
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Robert
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10/29/2006 4:09:28 PM
Stop me before I scifaiku again!
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Robert
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10/29/2006 4:10:09 PM
Help! I'm stuck in this meme!
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Robert
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10/29/2006 4:10:54 PM
No you're not! (Yes he is!)
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Tony
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10/30/2006 3:40:57 PM
Kewl
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Adam
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10/28/2006 9:02:16 PM
Discworld: Turtles all the way down.
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Robert
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10/28/2006 3:43:02 PM
Witches Abroad: Crone, Mother, Wet Hen
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Robert
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10/28/2006 3:43:59 PM
The Truth Shall Make Ye Fret
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Ankh-Morpork Times
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10/28/2006 3:45:23 PM
Yet Another Death on Vacation Yarn
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Tony
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10/30/2006 2:46:23 AM
Vampires suck. Granny is human garlic.
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Tony
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10/30/2006 10:50:34 PM
monoliths turn Jupiter into second sun
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Daniel
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10/28/2006 2:52:53 PM
Helen Mirren with cute Russian accent
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D.
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10/28/2006 2:53:52 PM
Toddler World Saviour Dies Unexpectedly... maybe
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Adam
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10/28/2006 10:27:36 AM
Arnie Kott again... again... again... dead
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Adam
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10/28/2006 10:26:08 AM
Man returns from Proxima a God?
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Adam
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10/28/2006 10:30:00 AM
Tiger masked sociopath roams space time
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Adam
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10/28/2006 10:23:50 AM
"Where are the stars?" "What stars?"
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Adam
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10/28/2006 10:31:03 AM
Oh HAL. Oh hell. OH HELL!
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Bowser
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10/28/2006 5:41:22 AM
Bootstraps, hell... lend 'em a hand!
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Fox
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10/28/2006 5:31:15 AM
Sentient dolphins mock patrons, how human...
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et
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10/28/2006 7:02:15 PM
Uh-Oh, Did you hear that?
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Pugs
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10/28/2006 5:27:17 AM
Three clones look for laser source.
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podrock
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10/28/2006 4:41:58 AM
(Ophiuchi Hotline?)
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Fox
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10/28/2006 4:54:35 AM
yup
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podrock
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10/28/2006 5:10:23 AM
Oceans dead; Soylent Green is people!
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Fox
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10/28/2006 4:35:25 AM
That V2 rocket turns me on.
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podrock
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10/28/2006 4:12:05 AM
Uh, Houston. We have a problem.
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et
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10/28/2006 7:02:52 PM
Journey interrupted - Alien life! Run away...
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nick hoffman
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10/28/2006 4:03:26 AM
The future isn't what I expected
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nick hoffman
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10/28/2006 4:01:38 AM
Shoot the Moon -- gun big enough?
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Fox
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10/28/2006 4:17:24 AM
"Let there be Light!" "Oh Bugger!"
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nick hoffman
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10/28/2006 4:00:07 AM
"It's just a game," said Ender.
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podrock
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10/28/2006 3:58:24 AM
"Oh no it isn't " say Buggers.
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Tony
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10/30/2006 2:40:37 AM
Ender saves humanity, Bean is backup
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SDG
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10/28/2006 11:48:46 PM
Peter isn't bad, he's just meglomanic
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SDG
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10/30/2006 9:55:10 PM
Keep an eye on Achilles, though.
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alcaray
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11/1/2006 11:05:49 PM
"And, I speak for the dead"
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Fox
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10/28/2006 4:07:00 AM
Hobbit saves world, Elves leave anyway
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Fox
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10/28/2006 3:43:02 AM
One Ring to rule them all
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nick hoffman
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10/29/2006 12:18:57 PM
and in the darkness bind them.
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Robert
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10/29/2006 4:19:09 PM
shoulda tossed it into the fire
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podrock
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10/28/2006 4:21:15 AM
There, and back; "Well, I'm home."
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Fox
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10/28/2006 5:25:52 AM
Feanor's pride: three ages of wandering.
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podrock
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10/28/2006 4:08:09 AM
Sauron's a wolfie wimp. Morgoth rooolz!
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Tony
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10/30/2006 4:16:06 PM
Or...Elves has left the building.
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ER
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10/28/2006 4:01:01 AM
Kill those bugs, on the bounce!
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Fox
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10/28/2006 3:24:04 AM
Prophet genesis: be raised by Martians
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podrock
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10/28/2006 4:28:48 AM
very old man tells many stories
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podrock
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10/28/2006 4:25:35 AM
Moon declares independence, computer leads revolt
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Fox
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10/28/2006 4:29:47 AM
TANSTAAFL my ass! Ctrl alt delete
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Robert
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10/28/2006 4:12:59 PM
Exotic spice, Byzantine politics, big worms
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Fox
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10/28/2006 3:18:29 AM
Book bound Muad'Dib couldn't sing power.
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et
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10/28/2006 7:08:15 PM
Worm sign! Where's the ornithopter? Aiiiieeee!
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Robert
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10/28/2006 4:02:06 PM
Thump thump thump thump thump gulp
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Robert
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10/28/2006 4:09:31 PM
Baron Harkonnen, see fat boy float
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Robert
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10/28/2006 3:56:56 PM
Alia's Gom Jabbar bursts his baloon.
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et
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10/28/2006 9:23:05 PM
DeLaurentis: Sting in a leather jockstrap!
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Robert
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10/28/2006 3:55:24 PM
Sting a ling a ding dong
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REB
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10/30/2006 7:40:06 PM
Sting! Stinglehopper! Makin' copies. The McStingster!
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REB
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10/30/2006 7:43:14 PM
Martians invade; Earth saved by bacteria
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Fox
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10/28/2006 3:17:15 AM
HabitableZone — be civil, or at least entertaining.