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Enoch Wallace was a man with a rural upbringing who fought in the Civil War. When he was approached by aliens about running a way station in the galactic chain, he was asked if he would like some sort of entertainment center built into the station. And what sort of "clay pigeons" are offered for skeet shooting?
In this particular skeet shooting session, Enoch had his choice between the following "clay pigeons":
See the entry for dimensino for the very best in totally immersive alien entertainment technologies; from Time is the Simplest Thing, also by Simak. Comment/Join this discussion (BACK ON!) ( 3 ) | RSS/XML | Blog This | Additional
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