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"The planet's immune system is doing everything it can. The planet's immune system is doing everything it can."
- Kurt Vonnegut, Jr.
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| Dew Gatherers | ||
| Devices used to gather morning dew as a source of drinking water. |
| Then he saw the human figures moving into the flower fields, sweeping them with strange scythe-like devices - dew gatherers. Water so precious here that even the dew must be collected. |
| From Dune,
by Frank Herbert. Published by Putnam in 1965 Additional resources -
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