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	S. 3.87 avg rating — 23,104 ratings — published 2013	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alive in Necropolis 3.28 avg rating — 964 ratings — published 2008 — 12 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Alcoholics by Jim Thompson, Doug Dorst (Goodreads Author) (Foreword) 3.38 avg rating — 849 ratings — published 1953 — 22 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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	Lightspeed Magazine, February 2014 by John Joseph Adams (Goodreads Author) (Editor), Jessica Barber (Contributor), Ramez Naam (Goodreads Author) (Contributor) 3.60 avg rating — 42 ratings — published 2014	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
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Straka's original ending found?

Also on JH's tumblr:
- Review of Ship of Theseus in McKay's Magazine, 1950.
- Straka obit from Baltimore Bugle-Dispatch.

EotvosWheel.com: JW Dominguez's guide to all things Straka. Candidate bios, rare photos, and much more. Read more of this blog post »

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“What begins at the water shall end there, and what ends there shall once more begin.”
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“-It's extremely cool how the words can stay the same but their meaning can change.
-Because the reader changes.
-EXACTLY”
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“Do you always travel with such cumbersome books?" "I don't trust anyone who wouldn't.”
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