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    Reluctant Genius
    Reluctant Genius
    Reluctant Genius
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    Reluctant Genius

    By Henry Slesar

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 27, 2013
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      Reluctant Genius - Henry Slesar

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      Title: Reluctant Genius

      Author: Henry Slesar

      Release Date: February 9, 2009 [EBook #28030]

      Language: English

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      RELUCTANT GENIUS

      By O. H. LESLIE

      It is said that Life crawled up from the slime of the sea-bottoms and became Man because of inherent greatness bred into him before the dawn of time. But perhaps this urge was not as formless as we think.

      Buos was chastising Laloi as they sped through the ionosphere of the green planet. But like the airy creature she was, Laloi ignored the criticism and rippled zephyr-like through a clump of daffodils when they completed their descent.

      So pretty, she sighed. She flung her

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