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    And All the Earth a Grave
    And All the Earth a Grave
    And All the Earth a Grave
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    And All the Earth a Grave

    By C. C. MacApp

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateMay 1, 2011
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      And All the Earth a Grave - C. C. MacApp

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of And All the Earth a Grave, by

      Carroll M. Capps (AKA C.C. MacApp)

      This eBook is for the use of anyone anywhere at no cost and with

      almost no restrictions whatsoever.  You may copy it, give it away or

      re-use it under the terms of the Project Gutenberg License included

      with this eBook or online at www.gutenberg.org

      Title: And All the Earth a Grave

      Author: Carroll M. Capps (AKA C.C. MacApp)

      Release Date: October 22, 2007 [EBook #23146]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE ***

      Produced by Robert Cicconetti, Jeannie Howse and the Online

      Distributed Proofreading Team at http://www.pgdp.net

      Transcriber's Note:

      Obvious typographical errors have been corrected. For a complete list, please see the end of this document.

      This etext was produced from Galaxy Science Fiction, December 1963. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

      AND ALL THE EARTH A GRAVE

      BY C.C. MacAPP

      ILLUSTRATED BY GAUGHAN

      There's nothing wrong with dying—it just hasn't ever had the proper sales pitch!

      It all began when the new bookkeeping machine of a large Midwestern coffin manufacturer slipped a cog, or blew a transistor, or something. It was fantastic that the error—one of two decimal places—should enjoy a straight run of okays, human and mechanical, clear down the line; but when the figures clacked out at the last clacking-out station, there it was. The figures were now sacred; immutable; and it is doubtful whether the President of the concern or the Chairman of the Board would have dared question them—even if either of those two gentlemen had been in

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