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Evelyn E. Smith
Evelyn E. Smith was an American writer known for her science fiction and mystery stories, particularly active in the 1950s and 1960s. She is best known for her humorous science fiction novel "The Perfect Planet" and her short story collection "Miss Melville Regrets." Smith also contributed regularly to genre magazines like Galaxy and The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction. In addition to her speculative fiction, she wrote mystery novels, including the "Miss Melville" series, which blends crime with her signature wit.
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Johnson went to see the others off at Idlewild. He knew they'd expect him to and, since it would be the last conventional gesture he'd have to make, he might as well conform to their notions of what was right and proper. For the past few centuries the climate had been getting hotter; now, even though it was not yet June, the day was uncomfortably warm. The sun's rays glinting off the...
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"It is my theory," Professor Falabella said, helping himself to a cookie, "that no one ever really makes a decision. What really happens is that whenever alternative courses of action are called for, the individuality splits up and continues on two or more divergent planes, very much like the parthenogenesis of a unicellular animal ... Delicious cookies these, Mrs. Hughes." "Thank...
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