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Old 12-14-2013, 11:44 AM   #11
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib View Post
Be aware that this website often has extremely execrable uploads. Sometimes, (as it seems to appear on looking at the issue that has been linked), the yellowing paper is exactly what it looks like: Yellow. In this case, it looks at least to be 'readable.'

Sometimes, too, the acidity has reached such a stage that one can hardly make out the words for the background color.



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I am perfectly aware of that fact. I was willing to OCR, convert, correct and proofread the story for the benefit of the MR community, but wanted to make sure it was suitable for upload before starting work.

I am very fond of this short story and of Dumb Martian, also by Wyndham, which was published by Galaxy Science Fiction sometime during 1952.

Sadly, it will not be posible.

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