Copyright 1959 BY ROBERT A. HEINLEIN

 

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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

The Menace from Earth, Fantasy House, Inc. 1957; Water is for Washing, Popular Publications, Inc. 1947; Project

Nightmare, Ziff-Davis Publishing Co. 1953; Sky Lift, Greenleaf Publishing Co. 1953; By His Bootstraps, Street & Smith

Publications, Inc. 1941; Goldfish Bowl, Street & Smith Publications, Inc. 1942; Columbus Was a Dope,

Better Publications, Inc. 1947; The Year of the Jackpot, Galaxy Publishing Corp. 1952.

 

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