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Mel Hunter
Mel Hunter was an American science fiction illustrator and writer, known for his detailed and imaginative artwork that graced the covers of numerous sci-fi magazines, particularly "The Magazine of Fantasy & Science Fiction". He also illustrated books such as "Operation Luna" and "A Case of Conscience." Born in 1927, Hunter had a distinctive style often featuring space exploration and futuristic landscapes. Beyond his illustrations, he also wrote short stories, contributing to the broader sci-fi genre.
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Mel Hunter
You are not supposed to believe this story, and if you ask Sam Yoder about it, he is apt to say that it's all a lie. But Sam is a bit sensitive about it. He does not want the question of privacy to be raised again—especially in Rosie's hearing. And there are other matters. But it's all perfectly respectable and straightforward. It could have happened to anybody—well, almost anybody....
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I am sitting on the edge of what passes for a bed. It is made of loosely woven strips of steel, and there is no mattress, only an extra blanket of thin olive-drab. It isn't comfortable; but of course they expect to make me still more uncomfortable. They expect to take me out of this precinct jail to the District prison and eventually to the death house. Sure, there will be a trial first, but that...
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itting at his desk, Colonel Halter brought the images on the telescreen into focus. Four booster tugs were fastening, like sky-barnacles, onto the hull of the ancient derelict, Alpha. He watched as they swung her around, stern down, and sank with her through the blackness, toward the bluish-white, moon-lighted arc of Earth a thousand miles below. He pressed a button. The image of tugs and hull faded...
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