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The novel is set in a dystopian version of 1988, following a Second Civil War which led to the collapse of the United States' democratic institutions. The National Guard ("nats") and US police force ("pols") reestablished social order through instituting a dictatorship, with a "Director" at the apex, and police marshals and generals as operational commanders in the field.
"The Man That Was Used Up", sometimes subtitled "A Tale of the Late Bugaboo and Kickapoo Campaign", is a short story and satire by Edgar Allan Poe. It was first published in August 1839 in Burton's Gentleman's Magazine. The story follows an unnamed narrator who seeks out the famous war hero John A. B. C. Smith. He becomes suspicious that Smith ...
No Comebacks is a 1982 collection of ten short stories by English writer Frederick Forsyth.Each story takes place in a different setting and ends with a plot twist. Several of them involve a central male character without any apparent strength who is put under pressure, but who does not g
An analysis of clinical trials found that people who took at least a gram a day of vitamin C when they had a cold reduced the severity of their cold by 15% and had symptoms for slightly less time ...
Backstabbed in a Backwater Dungeon: My Trusted Companions Tried to Kill Me, but Thanks to the Gift of an Unlimited Gacha I Got LVL 9999 Friends and Am Out for Revenge on My Former Party Members and the World (信じていた仲間達にダンジョン奥地で殺されかけたがギフト『無限ガチャ』でレベル9999の仲間達を手に入れて元パーティーメンバーと世界 ...
Tampa Bay flipped a 49er muffed punt into a touchdown, a short 9-yard pass to Rachaad White that tied the game at 10. San Francisco retook the lead with a 33-yard field goal, but Mayfield led the ...
It really shows the difference between the two animals. In the video, Peppa, the miniature Jack Russell Terrier, definitely has energy for days.She was running so fast, we're surprised she didn't ...
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