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Monday, December 30, 2019

The Dragon and the George by Gordon Dickson: Book Review (Scripted)



Video version of an old post (as I explained about HERE)
For the original post, see:
http://joelswagman.blogspot.com/2006/11/dragon-and-george-by-gordon-dickson.html
Posted by Joel Swagman at 11:54 AM
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