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by Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
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Title: Null-ABC
Author: Henry Beam Piper and John Joseph McGuire
Illustrator: van Dongen
Release Date: May 8, 2006 [EBook #18346]
Language: English
Character set encoding: ISO-8859-1
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NULL-ABC
BY H. BEAM PIPER AND JOHN J. McGUIRE
There's some reaction these days that holds scientists responsible for war. Take it one step further: What happens if "book-learnin'" is held responsible ...?
Illustrated by van Dongen
Chester Pelton retracted his paunch as far as the breakfast seat would permit; the table, its advent preceded by a collection of mouth-watering aromas, slid noiselessly out of the pantry and clicked into place in front of him.
"Everything all right, Miss Claire?" a voice floated out after it from beyond. "Anything else you want?"
"Everything's just fine, Mrs. Harris," Claire replied. "I suppose Mr. Pelton'll want seconds, and Ray'll probably want thirds and fourths of everything." She waved a hand over the photo
