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By Proxy, by Gordon Randall Garrett
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Title: By Proxy
Author: Gordon Randall Garrett
Illustrator: H. R. van Dongen
Release Date: February 27, 2008 [EBook #24707]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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BY PROXY
By DAVID GORDON
It's been said that the act of creation is a solitary thing--that teams never create; only individuals. But sometimes a team may be needed to make creation effective....
Illustrated by Van Dongen
Mr. Terrence Elshawe did not conform to the mental picture that pops into the average person's mind when he hears the words "news reporter." Automatically, one thinks of the general run of earnest, handsome, firm-jawed, level-eyed, smooth-voiced gentlemen one sees on one's TV screen. No matter which news service one subscribes to, the reporters are all pretty much of a type. And Terrence Elshawe simply wasn't the type.
The confusion arises because thirty-odd years of television has resulted in specialization. If you run up much Magnum Telenews time on your meter, you're familiar with the cultured voice and rugged good looks of Brett Maxon, "your Magnum repo