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    Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening
    Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening
    Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening
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    Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening

    By Stephen Goldin

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    This is a story about... well, about love... and about free will... and about squirrels. At first glance, you might think the squirrels are the easiest to explain.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherParsina Press
    Release dateAug 24, 2011
    ISBN9781466015784
    Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening

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      Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening - Stephen Goldin

      OF LOVE, FREE WILL, AND GRAY SQUIRRELS ON A SUMMER EVENING

      by Stephen Goldin

      Published by Parsina Press at Smashwords

      Of Love, Free Will, and Gray Squirrels on a Summer Evening. Copyright 1974, 2002 by Stephen Goldin. All Rights Reserved.

      Cover image Copyright by Jason Kasumovic.

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      He first saw her at a party at her house. It was quite obviously an important affair; everyone in attendance was there in person, rather than sending projections of themselves. The fact that they were willing to travel physically to the asteroid showed the regard in which the Pistarchos family was held.

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