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THE ROBOT MEN OF BUBBLE CITY, by Rog Phillips Originally published in Fantastic Adventures, July 1949. Turlogh Hogan pressed the stud that raised the parabolic projector but of its recess in the hull of his ship. The second the light on the panel flashed on, signaling the projector was in operating position, he flicked the relay button that sent the ultra-high frequency current through its opposing coils.
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Fritz Leiber |
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There are vampires and vampires, and not all of them suck blood.
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Fritz Leiber |
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That's what everybody's been looking for since the Year One--something a little more than sex.
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Fritz Leiber |
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There are vampires and vampires, and the ones that suck blood aren't the worst.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Work and pray,It's a lie!
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Fritz Leiber |
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Sooner give a cobra a kiss, than a secret to a woman.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Afterward loses too many battles to Too Late.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Aye, we played at being mice, forgetting cats are real.
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Fritz Leiber |
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For what is life but greed in action?
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Fritz Leiber |
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Revenge is empty. It cannot bring back the dead.
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Fritz Leiber |
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We have searched the wide world over and not found forgetfulness.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Unlike men, rubies and emeralds do not rest quietly in their graves.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Too much good luck was always dangerous.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Aye, there's the bitter core of all freedom: no pay!
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Fritz Leiber |
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Bored and insecure men will loose arrows at dust motes.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Know it or not, man treads between abysses a tightrope that has neither beginning nor end.
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Fritz Leiber |
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That is as far from the truth as I am from the Secret of the Sphinx.
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Fritz Leiber |
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He who lies artistically, treads closer to the truth than ever he knows.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Knowledge takes precedence over death.
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Fritz Leiber |
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The worst thing about mountain climbing is that the easy parts go so quickly.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Let never the gems of business be mixed with the jewels of pleasure.
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Fritz Leiber |
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When one achieves revenge, the innocent perforce suffer.
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Fritz Leiber |
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The more brilliant the enchanted male, the stupider the enchanting female.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Inconsiderate creatures, gods were.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Women have power over men almost as great as gods do.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Great conquerors live on as their enemies' devils.
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Fritz Leiber |
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A scientist ought to have a healthy disregard for coincidences.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Things are different from what I thought. They're much worse.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Nations are as equal as so many madmen or drunkards.
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Fritz Leiber |
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For that matter, where did I get off being critical of anyone?
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Fritz Leiber |
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To Space-Age man, every mystery is a greed-magnet.
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Fritz Leiber |
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I abominate any organization that denies cats are people!
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Fritz Leiber |
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It was always worth everything to get away by himself, climb a bit, and study the heavens.
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Fritz Leiber |
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There was always something new to be seen in the unchanging night sky.
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Fritz Leiber |
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There was an omnipresent sense of crisis.
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Fritz Leiber |
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The greater the variety of intelligent life Don saw, the more he became sensitive to its presence.
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Fritz Leiber |
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Science has only increased the area of the unknown. And if there is a God, her name is Mystery.
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