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Old 03-24-2020, 07:53 AM   #30
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Originally Posted by Dr. Drib View Post
I'm reminded of that story by Fredric Brown where a man stranded on an island spent years writing a poem that he constantly revised while waiting to be rescued, and finally ended up with a poem consisting of one word when he was finally rescued. The word started with an 'F'.

Perhaps Hubbard's book would have been a better story if he, too, had written a novel with only one word.
If Battlefield Earth was just one word, I would give it 5-stars on Goodreads and highly recommend it on MR.
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