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Title: The Sky Is Falling
Author: Lester del Rey
Release Date: July 6, 2006 [EBook #18768]
Language: English
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THE SKY IS FALLING
By LESTER DEL REY
[Illustration: THE SKY IS FALLING WHEN MEN RULED THE STARS--AND THE STARS RULED MEN!]
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Dave stared around the office. He went to the window and stared upwards at the crazy patchwork of the sky. For all he knew, in such a sky there might be cracks. In fact, as he looked, he could make out a rift, and beyond that a ... hole ... a small patch where there was no color, and yet the sky there was not black. There were no stars there, though points of light were clustered around the edges, apparently retreating.
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THE SKY IS FALLING
By LESTER DEL REY
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