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Delphinus

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16. The Kim Stanley Robinson book,

Reply to nealr (Reply #11)

Sun Aug 4, 2024, 09:56 AM

Aug 2024

Ministry for the Future, started off with that and it impacted me greatly. If it happens in real life, will it wake up people?

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