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    By Arthur Dekker Savage

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    Once upon a time life was perfection. Government made sure its citizens were supplied with every comfort and pleasure. But sometimes perfection breeds boredom and...
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJun 26, 2017
    ISBN9781515412397
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      by Arthur Dekker Savage

      © 2017 Positronic Publishing

      Cover Image © Canstock/mscornelius

      Positronic Publishing

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      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-1239-7

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      by Arthur Dekker Savage

      Once upon a time life was perfection. Government made sure its citizens were supplied with every comfort and pleasure. But sometimes perfection breeds boredom and...

      Allen Kinderwood slowed his pace so his forelock would quit bobbing. The damn thing wasn’t supposed to bob; it was supposed to be a sort of peaked crest above rugged, handsome features—a dark lock brushed carelessly aside by a man who had more important things to do than fuss with personal grooming. But no matter how carefully he combed it and applied lusto-set, it always bobbed if he walked too fast.

      But then, why should it matter now? He wasn’t looking for a woman tonight. Not when his appointment with the Social Adjustment counsellors was tomorrow morning, and he would get a Departure Permit. Should get one, he corrected himself. But he had never heard of a petition for a DP being refused.

      He wanted to spend his last night in the city over here in the main park of C Sector, walking in the restless crowds, trying to settle his thoughts. He moved through slow aimless eddies of brightly appareled citizens, avoiding other pedestrians, skaters and the heavy, four-wheeled autoscooters. Everything was dully, uncompromisingly the same as in his own

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