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dduane · 2 years

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Hi Ms. Duane. It’s really crazy for me to find out you have a tumblr. I just want to say that I loved your books growing up. They pulled me through middle school and high school. The combination of magic and science fiction was super inspiring, and they’re still some of my favorite books. It was also so cool to have two main characters who were Hispanic, I really appreciated it. I’m an adult and also a writer now (though unpublished.) I just wanted to say thank you :) and ask, do you have any favorite books that inspired you? Or advice for people just starting out?

First of all: thanks for the nice words! I'm very glad you've enjoyed the books. (As for characters, have to agree that the Rodriguez family are something special. In Kit's case I think I knew from the start that he was star material; but there's no question that Carmela has been giving him a run for his money. That girl needs watching.) :)

If we were to start getting into a really substantive list of my favorite books, we'd be here for the rest of the month. :) ...It's safer to come at it more generally. In my teens I was reading a lot of what we'd think of as the "old classic" SF writers such as Robert Heinlein, Andre Norton, Alan Nourse, Arthur Clarke, Isaac Asimov, and Ray Bradbury: and on the fantasy(ish) side, E. R. Eddison, Lord Dunsany, J. R. R. Tolkien, William Morris, Clark Ashton Smith, Andre Norton (again), T. H. White, Gene Wolfe, James Branch Cabell, Peter Beagle, Joy Chant, Susan Cooper, C. S. Lewis, Ursula Le Guin, Edward Eager, Edith Nesbit, and many others. (The works included in the Ballantine Adult Fantasy series—pretty much all of them—could probably be considered the foundation on which my own work rests, especially the fantasy.)

There are numerous books I come back to repeatedly—not so much for inspiration as for (periodically necessary) reminders of what good writing looks like to me: particularly that kind of writing in which a rock-solid "certainty of voice" means I can practically hear the author speaking. The ones I'm rereading at the moment are Lewis's Till We Have Faces, Elizabeth Goudge's The Rosemary Tree and The Dean's Watch, and Neil Gaiman's American Gods.

As for advice to people just getting into writing (whether or not with an eye to possible future publication): I think the smartest move is to write with an eye to finding, and learning to trust, your own voice. It's paradoxical, but I think this happens most quickly when you read very widely—meaning both out of our own time period, and outside of your chosen genre. This isn't something that happens overnight, or that (once you've found a writing voice that feels right to you) is going to stay the same. Everything about the work of writing grows and changes with the writer: your voice will be no exception.

Also: in your writing, keep trying new things, new approaches. Some of them won't work, but some of them will... and if you don't go looking for them, you'll never find out what difference they can make in your work. Always be challenging yourself: always be saying, "That worked (or didn't): how can I do better next time?" ...That's what I've been doing for a good while now, and it's worked fairly well for me. :)

...Hope this helps!

#writing #writing advice

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nem0c · 1 year

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Vietnam War - Galaxy Science Fiction Magazine, June 1968

Sourced from: http://natsmusic.net/articles_galaxy_magazine_viet_nam_war.htm

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We the undersigned believe the United States must remain in Vietnam to fulfill its responsibilities to the people of that country.

Karen K. Anderson, Poul Anderson, Harry Bates, Lloyd Biggle Jr., J. F. Bone, Leigh Brackett, Marion Zimmer Bradley, Mario Brand, R. Bretnor, Frederic Brown, Doris Pitkin Buck, William R. Burkett Jr., Elinor Busby, F. M. Busby, John W. Campbell, Louis Charbonneau, Hal Clement, Compton Crook, Hank Davis, L. Sprague de Camp, Charles V. de Vet, William B. Ellern, Richard H. Eney, T. R. Fehrenbach, R. C. FitzPatrick, Daniel F. Galouye, Raymond Z. Gallun, Robert M. Green Jr., Frances T. Hall, Edmond Hamilton, Robert A. Heinlein, Joe L. Hensley, Paul G. Herkart, Dean C. Ing, Jay Kay Klein, David A. Kyle, R. A. Lafferty, Robert J. Leman, C. C. MacApp, Robert Mason, D. M. Melton, Norman Metcalf, P. Schuyler Miller, Sam Moskowitz, John Myers Myers, Larry Niven, Alan Nourse, Stuart Palmer, Gerald W. Page, Rachel Cosgrove Payes, Lawrence A. Perkins, Jerry E. Pournelle, Joe Poyer, E. Hoffmann Price, George W. Price, Alva Rogers, Fred Saberhagen, George O. Smith, W. E. Sprague, G. Harry Stine (Lee Correy), Dwight V. Swain, Thomas Burnett Swann, Albert Teichner, Theodore L. Thomas, Rena M. Vale, Jack Vance, Harl Vincent, Don Walsh Jr., Robert Moore Williams, Jack Williamson, Rosco E. Wright, Karl Würf.

We oppose the participation of the United States in the war in Vietnam.

Forrest J. Ackerman, Isaac Asimov, Peter S. Beagle, Jerome Bixby, James Blish, Anthony Boucher, Lyle G. Boyd, Ray Bradbury, Jonathan Brand, Stuart J. Byrne, Terry Carr, Carroll J. Clem, Ed M. Clinton, Theodore R. Cogswell, Arthur Jean Cox, Allan Danzig, Jon DeCles, Miriam Allen deFord, Samuel R. Delany, Lester del Rey, Philip K. Dick, Thomas M. Disch, Sonya Dorman, Larry Eisenberg, Harlan Ellison, Carol Emshwiller, Philip José Farmer, David E. Fisher, Ron Goulart, Joseph Green, Jim Harmon, Harry Harrison, H. H. Hollis, J. Hunter Holly, James D. Houston, Edward Jesby, Leo P. Kelley, Daniel Keyes, Virginia Kidd, Damon Knight, Allen Lang, March Laumer, Ursula K. LeGuin, Fritz Leiber, Irwin Lewis, A. M. Lightner, Robert A. W. Lowndes, Katherine MacLean, Barry Malzberg, Robert E. Margroff, Anne Marple, Ardrey Marshall, Bruce McAllister, Judith Merril, Robert P. Mills, Howard L. Morris, Kris Neville, Alexei Panshin, Emil Petaja, J. R. Pierce, Arthur Porges, Mack Reynolds, Gene Roddenberry, Joanna Russ, James Sallis, William Sambrot, Hans Stefan Santesson, J. W. Schutz, Robin Scott, Larry T. Shaw, John Shepley, T. L. Sherred, Robert Silverberg, Henry Slesar, Jerry Sohl, Norman Spinrad, Margaret St. Clair, Jacob Transue, Thurlow Weed, Kate Wilhelm, Richard Wilson, Donald A. Wollheim.

#sf #vietnam war #galaxy science fiction

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spongythedollyteapartyfan-blog · 1 year

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oawtor · 2 years

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Desígnio — Arco 38.

I. Maratonas.

I. Anos 1980.

Listas: IMDb; Wikipedia.

I. A — Parte 1.

Atração Mortal, de Michael Lehmann.

II. B — Parte 1.

Blade Runner — O Caçador de Androides, de Ridley Scott [Ler Androides Sonham com Ovelhas Elétricas?, de Philip K. Dick; Ler The Bladerunner, de Alan E. Nourse; Blade Runner 2049, de Denis Villeneuve; Poderá haver um terceiro filme; Haverá uma série, Blade Runner 2099, na Prime Video.].

III. C — Parte 1.

Conta Comigo, de Rob Reiner.

IV. E — Parte 1.

E.T. — O Extraterrestre, de Steven Spielberg. /

V. K — Parte 1.

Kagemusha — A Sombra de um Samurai, de Akira Kurosawa. / Karatê Kid — A Hora da Verdade, de John G. Avildsen.

VI. N — Parte 1.

Nascido para Matar, de Stanley Kubrick.

VII. O — Parte 1.

O Matador, de John Woo. / Os Fantasmas Se Divertem, de Tim Burton. / Os Gritos do Silêncio, de Roland Joffé. / Os Intocáveis, de Brian De Palma.

VIII. T — Parte 1.

Top Gun — Ases Indomáveis, de Tony Scott [Top Gun — Maverick, de Joseph Kosinski.].

II. Desmado.

I. A — Parte 1.

A Bela e a Fera, de Gary Trousdale & Kirk Wise. / A Fuga das Galinhas, de Peter Lord & Nick Park. / Agência Secreta de Controle de Magias, de Alex Tsitsilin. / Akira, de Katsuhiro Otomo. / As Aventuras de Peter Pan, de Clyde Geronimi, Wilfred Jackson & Hamilton Luske. /

II. B — Parte 1.

Branca de Neve e os Sete Anões, de William Cottrell, David Hand & Wilfred Jackson. /

III. C — Parte 1.

CyberWorld, de Colin Davies & Elaine Despins. /

IV. D — Parte 1.

Deu a Louca na Chapeuzinho, de Cory Edwards, Todd Edwards & Tony Leech. / Deu a Louca na Cinderela, de Paul Bolger, Yvette Kaplan & Greg Tiernan. / Dogão — Amigo pra Cachorro, de Dave Borthwick, Jean Duval & Frank Passingham. / Dumbo, de Samuel Armstrong, Norman Ferguson & Wilfred Jackson. /

V. F — Parte 1.

Formiguinhaz, de Eric Darnell & Tim Johnson. /

VI. G — Parte 1.

Gato de Botas, de Chris Miller [Gato de Botas 2 — O Último Pedido, de Joel Crawford.].

VII. H — Parte 1.

Hotel Transilvânia, de Genndy Tartakovsky. /

VIII. I — Parte 1.

Igor, de Tony Leondis. /

IX. J — Parte 1.

Jimmy Neutron — O Menino Gênio, de John A. Davis. /

X. M — Parte 1.

Meu Amigo Totoro, de Hayao Miyazaki. /Miúda e o Guarda-chuva, de Amadeu Alban. / Monstros S.A., de Pete Docter, David Silverman & Lee Unkrich. /

XI. O — Parte 1.

O Galinho Chicken Little, de Mark Dindal. / O Príncipe do Egito, de Brenda Chapman, Steve Hickner & Simon Wells. / O Rei Leão, de Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff. /

XII. P — Parte 1.

Pinóquio por Guillermo del Toro, de Guillermo del Toro & Mark Gustafson.

XIII. R — Parte 1.

Robôs, de Chris Wedge & Carlos Saldanha. /

XIV. S — Parte 1.

Shrek, de Andrew Adamson & Vicky Jenson [Consultar todas as obras especiais da franquia; Shrek 2, de Andrew Adamson; Shrek Terceiro, de Chris Miller & Raman Hui; Shrek para Sempre, de Mike Mitchell.]. / Spirit — O Corcel Indomável, de Kelly Asbury & Lorna Cook. / Super Mario Bros. — O Filme, de Aaron Horvath & Michael Jelenic. / Super Mario Bros. — Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!, de Masami Hata.

XV. T — Parte 1.

Toy Story, de John Lasseter [Toy Story 2, de John Lasseter, Ash Brannon & Lee Unkrich.]. /

III. Horror.

A. A Casa dos Maus Espíritos, de William Castle [A Casa da Colina, de William Malone; De Volta à Casa da Colina, de Víctor Garcia.]. / A Órfã, de Jaume Collet-Serra [Órfã 2 — A Origem, de William Brent Bell.]. / A Última Casa da Rua, de Mark Tonderai. / Aniversário Macabro, de Wes Craven [A Última Casa, de Dennis Iliadis.]. / Apollo 18 — A Missão Proibida, de Gonzalo López-Gallego.

B. Brinquedo Assassino, de Tom Holland [Brinquedo Assassino 2, de John Lafia.]. / Brinquedos do Terror, de Nicholas Verso.

C. Convite Maldito, de Jessica M. Thompson.

D. Despertar dos Mortos, de David Keating. /Domicílio Alienígena, de Kelly Schwarze. /

E. Encurralada, de Toran Caudell. /

G. Gritos do Além, de Steven C. Miller.

I. Irmandade do Mal, de Todor Chapkanov.

N. Não! Não Olhe!, de Jordan Peele. / Noite das Bruxas Macabra, de Travis Baker.

O. O Iluminado, de Stanley Kubrick. / Oferenda ao Demônio, de Oliver Park. / Os Mensageiros, de Danny Pang & Oxide Chun Pang. /

P. Pânico, de Wes Craven [Pânico 2, de Wes Craven; Pânico 3, de Wes Craven; Pânico 4, de Wes Craven; Pânico, de Matt Bettinelli-Olpin & Tyler Gillett.]. / Possessão, de Ole Bornedal. / Premonição, de James Wong [Premonição 2, de David R. Ellis; Premonição 3, de James Wong; Premonição 4, de David R. Ellis; Premonição 5, de Steven Quale.]. / Psicose, de Alfred Hitchcock [Psicose 2, de Richard Franklin.].

S. Sexta-feira 13, de Sean S. Cunningham. / Sobrenatural, de James Wan [Sobrenatural: Capítulo 2, de James Wan; Sobrenatural — A Origem, de Leigh Whannell.].

U. Um Lugar Silencioso, de John Krasinski [Um Lugar Silencioso — Parte II, de John Krasinski.].

IV. Lisa Kudrow.

Listas: IMDb; JustWatch; Wikipedia.

1. America 3000, de David Engelbach. 2. L.A. on $5 a Day, de Todd Hughes. 3. O Bebê Maldito, de Rodman Flender. 4. Dance with Death, de Charles Philip Moore. 5. In the Heat of Passion, de Rodman Flender.

V. M. Night Shyamalan.

Listas: Wikipedia.

1. Praying with Anger [1992.]. 2. Olhos Abertos [1998.]. 3. Ela É Demais [1999.]. 4. O Sexto Sentido [1999.]. 5. O Pequeno Stuart Little [1999.]. 6. Corpo Fechado [2000.]. 7. Sinais [2002.]. 8. A Vila [2004.]. 9. A Dama na Água [2006.]. 10. Fim dos Tempos [2008.]. 11. O Último Mestre do Ar [2010.]. 12. Demônio [2010.]. 13. Depois da Terra [2013.]. 14. A Visita [2015.]. 15. Fragmentado [2016.]. 16. Vidro [2019.]. 17. Tempo [2021.]. 18. Batem à Porta [2023.].

VI. New Line Cinema.

Listas: IMDb.

1. Uma Página de Loucura, de Teinosuke Kinogasa. 2. The Pace That Kills, de William A. O'Connor. 3. A Porta da Loucura, de Louis J. Gasnier. 4. ...E o Vento Levou, de Victor Fleming, George Cukor & Sam Wood. 5. Os Amantes Crucificados, de Kenji Mizoguchi.

VII. Ubiquação.

Conteúdos: Claro video; Cindie; HBO Max; Recomendações; Netflix; SET; Wikipedia.

I. A — Parte 1.

A Lista de Schindler, de Steven Spielberg. / A Morte Lhe Cai Bem, de Robert Zemeckis. / A Múmia, de Stephen Sommers [O Retorno da Múmia, de Stephen Sommers.]. / A Onda, de Dennis Gansel. / A Paixão de Cristo, de Mel Gibson. / A Princesa Prometida, de Rob Reiner. / A Última Tentação de Cristo, de Martin Scorsese. / A Volta ao Mundo em 80 Dias, de Michael Anderson & John Farrow. / Ácido, de Aleksandr Gorchilin. / Adonis, de Scud. / Alien — O 8° Passageiro, de Ridley Scott. / Anfetamina, de Scud. / Anti-herói Americano, de Shari Springer Berman & Robert Pulcini. / Apesar de Tudo, Shamim Sarif. / Aposta na Vingança, de Gábor Herendi. / Austin Powers — O Agente "Bond" Cama, de Jay Roach. /

II. B — Parte 1.

Babe — O Porquinho Atrapalhado, de Chris Noonan. / Bwoy, de John G. Young. /

III. C — Parte 1.

Capital Games, de Ilo Orleans. /Cazuza — O Tempo Não Pára, de . / Cidade de Deus. / Clube da Luta. / Consequências, de Darko Štante. / Consequências da Vida, de Daniel Armando. /

IV. D — Parte 1.

Desespero, de Gilles Coulier. / Diários de Motocicleta, de Walter Salles. / Dicionário de Cama. / Dirty Dancing. / Dogma, de Kevin Smith. / Dogville. / Domingo Sangrento, de. / Don Juan DeMarco. / Donnie Darko, de. /

E. E Sua Mãe Também, de Alfonso Cuarón. / Em uma Ilha Bem Distante, de Vanessa Jopp. / Emoções Reprimidas, de Jennifer Gerber. / Encantada, de Kevin Lima. / Encontros e Desencontros. / Esposa de Mentirinha, de Dennis Dugan. / Eu, Robô. /

G — Parte 1.

Gladiador, de Ridley Scott. / Guerra nas Estrelas, de. [Star Wars — Episódio I — A Ameaça Fantasma, de George Lucas. /

H. Harry Potter e o Prisioneiro de Azkaban, de Alfonso Cuarón. / Histeria, de John Blanchard. / Homem-Aranha 2, de Sam Raimi. /

I. Identidade. /

K. Kill Bill Vol. 1, de Quentin Tarantino. /

L — Parte 1.

Lady Peacock — De Salto para o Amor, de Jana (AJ) Mattioli. / Lara Croft — Tomb Raider, de Simon West. / Looney Tunes — De Volta a Ação. / Loucuras na Madrugada, de. /

M — Parte 1.

Madrugada dos Mortos, de. / Matrix, de The Wachowski Brothers. / Mentiras e Traições, de Mitu Misra. / Mestre dos Mares. / Missão de Honra, de David Blair. / Monstros, de Gareth Edwards.

N. No Amor e na Guerra. / Nos Becos de São Francisco, de Thales Corrêa. /

O. O Caçador, de Marco Berger. / O Dia Depois de Amanhã, de Roland Emmerich. / O Preço de Aleksander, de Pau Masó. / O Seminarista, de Joshua Lim. / O Silêncio dos Inocentes, de. / O Turbilhão, de Eusebio Pastrana. / O Último Samurai. / Os Condenados, de Scott Wiper. / Os Irmãos Marx no Circo, de Irmãos Marx. /

P. Paixão Mortal, de Malik Bader. / Party Monster. / Pearl Harbor, de Michael Bay. / Pedro Coelho 2 — O Fugitivo, de Will Gluck. / Peixe Grande. / Preso no Gancho da Vida, de Max Emerson. /

R. Recomeço de uma Paixão, de Tim Kirkman. / Regras da Atração. / Réquiem para um Sonho, de . / Resident Evil, de. /

S. Santa de Casa. / Senta a Pua!. / Sobre Meninos e Lobos. / Super Mario Bros., de Annabel Jankel & Rocky Morton.

T. The Falls — O Amor Não É Pecado, de Jon Garcia [The Falls — Testamento do Amor, de Jon Garcia; The Falls — O Pacto da Graça, de Jon Garcia.]. / Tróia. /

U. Um Dia nas Corridas, de Irmãos Marx. / Uma Grande Loja no Tempo do Onça, de Irmãos Marx. / Uma Mente Brilhante, de Ron Howard. / Uma Noite em Casablanca, de Irmãos Marx. / Uma Noite na Ópera, de Irmãos Marx. / Uma Noiva e Tanto, de Thomas Schlamme. / Underworld, de. /

V. Van Helsing, de. / Vingança à Sangue Frio, de Frédéric Petitjean. /

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thefugitivesaint · 3 years

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Jack Gaughan (1930-1985), ‘PRoblem’ by Alan E. Nourse, ''Galaxy'', Vol.12, #6, 1956 Source

#jack gaughan #american artists #galaxy #galaxy magazine #pulp magazines #alan e. nourse #pulp scifi art #science fiction art #pulp scifi

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tara-of-helium · 3 years

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Raiders from the Rings. Alan E. Bourse, 1962.

Back text reads: "The creature that spoke was barely three feet tall, with wrinkled gray skin and monstrous eyes. . . .

"Yours is a war of children. Only children would slaughter each other out of ignorance and fear. Only children would fail again and again to learn the lessons of their foolishness."

It was true. The underground people of Earth were united in terror and desperation against what they considered a frightful threat from the skies. They had sent a mighty armada into space, rushing in lethal orbit toward Mars. The Spacers-still really Earthmen themselves were poised for the counter-blow. The great fleet at Asteroid Central had sufficient warheads to reduce Earth to a cinder.

"But we also know the greatness of your spirit, the pre cious spark which we cannot allow you to extinguish." Now Ben Trefon understood that in the Black Belt of Power

bequeathed to him by his father rested the final hope of the

human race!

A PYRAMID BOOK 40

Cover painting by Jack Gaughan Printed in U.S.A."

#aesthetics #science fiction #book #art #old books #retro scifi #scifi #vintage #book cover #bookcover #raiders #rings #raiders from the rings #alan e. nourse

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oldmanyellsatspaceship · 2 years

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Old Man Yells At Spaceship Podcast episode index

Episode 1 - The Doorway - Evelyn E Smith

Episode 2 - A Bad Day For Vermin - Keith Laumer

Episode 3 - Dream World - R A Lafferty

Episode 4 - Time Enough At Last - Lynn Venable

Episode 5 - The Carnivore - Katherine MacLean (as G A Morris)

Episode 6 - Homesick - Lynn Venable

Episode 7 - I'll Kill You Tomorrow - Helen Huber

Episode 8 - Flowering Evil - Margaret St. Clair

Episode 9 - There is a Reaper - Charles V. De Vet

Episode 10 - All Cats Are Gray - Andre Norton (as Andrew North)

Episode 11 - Seven Day Terror - R A Lafferty

Episode 12 - Second Landing - F L Wallace

Episode 13 - The Vilbar Party - Evelyn E. Smith

Episode 14 - Double-Cross - Frederik Pohl (as James Mac Creigh)

Episode 15 - The Polite People of Pudibundia - R A Lafferty

Episode 16 - Piety - Margaret St. Clair

Episode 17 - They Wouldn't Dare - Samuel Mines

Episode 18 - Native Son - TD Hamm

Episode 19 - The Dragon Slayers - Frank Banta

Episode 20 - The Dancers - Margaret St. Clair (as Wilton Hazzard)

Episode 21 - End as a World - F L Wallace

Episode 22 - Gramp - Charles V De Vet

Episode 23 - A Hitch in Time - Frederik Pohl (as James Mac Creigh)

Episode 24 - Donkeys to Bald Pate - Samuel Mines

Episode 25 - Handyman, The Connoisseur, The Happy Homicide - Frank Banta

Episode 26 - Rabbits Have Long Ears - Lawrence F Willard

Episode 27 - A Matter of Magnitude - Al Sevcik

Episode 28 - Circus - Alan E Nourse

Episode 29 - The Ambassador's Pet - Randall Garrett and Robert Silverberg (as Alexander Blade)

Episode 30 - When Whirlybirds Call - Frank Banta

Episode 31 - In The Garden - R A Lafferty

Episode 32 - The Stroller - Margaret St Clair

Episode 33 - The Vanderlark - Margaret St Clair

Episode 34 - Not Fit For Children - Evelyn E Smith

Episode 35 - A Matter of Size - Samuel Mines

Episode 36 - The Non-Electric Bug - E Mittleman

Episode 37 - Droozle - Frank Banta

Episode 38 - Final Glory - Henry Hasse

Episode 39 - Doorstep - Keith Laumer

Episode 40 - The Luminous Blonde - Hayden Howard

Episode 41 - Lost Art - G K Hawk

Episode 42 - We Didn't Do Anything Wrong, Hardly - Roger Kuykendall

Episode 43 - Inconstancy - Roger D. Aycock (as Roger Dee)

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