May 2010
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The Midwich Cuckoos, John Wyndham
“Nevertheless, the fact remains that, however the girl takes it, she has been robbed. She has been swept suddenly from childhood into womanhood. I find that saddening. No chance to stretch her wings. She has to miss the age of true poetry.”
“One would like to agree-but, in point of fact, I doubt it,” said Mr. Leebody. “Not only are poets, active or passive, rather...
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