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"The Very Pulse of the Machine" is a science fiction short story by American writer Michael Swanwick, published in 1998. It was the winner of the 1999 Hugo Award for Best Short Story . It was also nominated for the 1999 Locus Award for Best Short Story and Asimov's Science Fiction magazine's Reader Poll. [ 1 ]
Craftsman is a line of tools, lawn and garden equipment, and work wear.Originally a house brand established by Sears, the brand is now owned by Stanley Black & Decker.. As with all Sears products, Craftsman tools were not manufactured by Sears during the company's ownership, but made under contract by various other companies.
The editor adds a new short citation and a new entry in the References section. That editor includes with the new short citation a year ("Doe, year, p. 17") so that it is clear which long reference in the references section the new short citation refers. The problem is that for people who now read and edit the article the earlier short citation ...
The manual vacuum cleaner was a type of non-electric vacuum cleaner, using suction to remove dirt from carpets, being powered by human muscle, similar in use to a manual lawn mower. Its invention is dated to the second half of the 19th century, when patents were granted to inventors in the United States, Britain, France, and elsewhere.
George Washington Sears (December 2, 1821 – May 1, 1890) was an American writer for Forest and Stream magazine in the 1880s and an early conservationist. His stories, appearing under the pen name "Nessmuk", popularized self-guided canoe camping tours of the Adirondack lakes in open, lightweight solo canoes and what is today called ultralight camping or ultralight backpacking.
The Sears retail chain had previously marketed vehicles made by the Lincoln Motor Car Works under the name "Sears Motor Buggy" between 1908 and 1912. [1] These horseless carriages were of the "high-wheeler" variety with large wagon-type wheels. Their high ground clearance was well-suited to muddy, wagon-rutted country roads.
"Mrs. Todd's Shortcut" is a short story by Stephen King, first published in the May 1984 issue of Redbook magazine, and collected in King's 1985 collection Skeleton Crew. Plot summary [ edit ]
"Exhalation" is a science fiction short story by American writer Ted Chiang about the second law of thermodynamics. It was first published in 2008 in the anthology Eclipse 2: New Science Fiction and Fantasy, edited by Jonathan Strahan. In 2019, the story was included in the collection of short stories Exhalation: Stories. [2]