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Indeholder "Kilimanjaro-maskinen", "Den frygtelige brand oppe i huset", "Barn af i morgen", "Kvinderne", "Den profetiske hønes motel", "I vindens retning fra Gettysburg", "Ja, vi mødes ved floden", "Den kolde vind og den varme", "Opringning om natten, pr efterkrav", "Hjemsøgt af det
"Kilimanjaro-maskinen" handler om en mand med en tidsmaskine som opsøger Ernest Hemingway og foreslår en anden udvej end selvmord med et gevær. Et flystyrt mod Kilimanjaro. Papa tager imod tilbuddet.
"Den frygtelige brand oppe i huset" handler om fjorten IRA-mænd, Riordan, Casey, Kelly, Nolan, Timulty, Murphy, Brannahan, Blinky Watts, Rooney, Flannery, Tuohy, Hannahah, Bannock, Toolery, der vil brænde huset af som Lord og Lady Kilgotten bor i. Men de kommer til at tale med Lord Kilgotten, der lyder lettet over at slippe af med det store hus, men påpeger at der er kunstskatte som bør gå videre til den irske stat og ikke bare brændes af. Mændene drager af med malerier og andet, som de vil opbevare hjemme hos sig selv og så komme tilbage og brænde huset af. Men det går op for dem at det er besværligt og at deres koner ikke vil have nøgenbilleder hængende også selv om det er Rubens, der har malet dem. Og at det er latterligt at have en Renoir hængende, hvis man ikke har råd til at have en ko. Så Lord Kilgotten får sine malerier tilbage og huset bliver ikke brændt af.
"Barn af i morgen" handler om Peter Horn og hans kone Polly Ann, der får et barn. Men under fødslen opstår der en dimensionel strukturforvridning, der skyldes at de ny fødsels- og hypnosemaskiner samtidig kortslutter og fungerer forkert. Så barnet ligner en lille blå pyramide med seks slangelignende vedhæng og tre øjne. De kalder den lille for Py. Og set fra dens side er de nogle venlige terninger. De får Py med hjem og lægen Dr Wolcott mener at der er håb om at Py trukket ud af den fjerde dimension. Det går Polly på nerverne at Py er en pyramide og hun begynder at ryge og drikke for meget. Det går Peter på nerverne og han begynder også at drikke. En dag kommer han hjem og opdager at Polly går tur med Py udenfor. Peter er desperat og siger til Wolcott at det haster. Wolcott har ikke fundet en måde at få Py ud af den underlige dimension, men måske en måde at få andre ind i den. Peter og Polly går med til eksperimentet. Og det går fint. Wolcott bliver helt rørt over at se den hvide aflange figur og den smalle hvide firkant holde om den lille blå pyramide.
"Kvinderne" handler om at der opstår et kvindelig væsen i havet og at det kigger begærligt på manden i et par, der soler sig på stranden. Kvinden forsøger at holde på manden, men det ender alligevel med at han bliver taget af havet og drukner.
"Den profetiske hønes motel" handler om en families biltur rundt i flere stater for at finde arbejde under depressionen i 1932. På et model hvor der er også er en hønsefarm får de et æg at se, hvor hønen i kalkoverfladen har skrevet at det snart bliver godt igen.
"I vindens retning fra Gettysburg" handler om Abraham Lincoln og attentatet på ham i et teater. Eller måske var det en robot, der blev skudt. ???
"Ja, vi mødes ved floden" handler om ???
"Den kolde vind og den varme" handler om ???
"Opringning om natten, pr efterkrav" handler om ???
"Hjemsøgt af det nye" handler om ???
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nye"."Kilimanjaro-maskinen" handler om en mand med en tidsmaskine som opsøger Ernest Hemingway og foreslår en anden udvej end selvmord med et gevær. Et flystyrt mod Kilimanjaro. Papa tager imod tilbuddet.
"Den frygtelige brand oppe i huset" handler om fjorten IRA-mænd, Riordan, Casey, Kelly, Nolan, Timulty, Murphy, Brannahan, Blinky Watts, Rooney, Flannery, Tuohy, Hannahah, Bannock, Toolery, der vil brænde huset af som Lord og Lady Kilgotten bor i. Men de kommer til at tale med Lord Kilgotten, der lyder lettet over at slippe af med det store hus, men påpeger at der er kunstskatte som bør gå videre til den irske stat og ikke bare brændes af. Mændene drager af med malerier og andet, som de vil opbevare hjemme hos sig selv og så komme tilbage og brænde huset af. Men det går op for dem at det er besværligt og at deres koner ikke vil have nøgenbilleder hængende også selv om det er Rubens, der har malet dem. Og at det er latterligt at have en Renoir hængende, hvis man ikke har råd til at have en ko. Så Lord Kilgotten får sine malerier tilbage og huset bliver ikke brændt af.
"Barn af i morgen" handler om Peter Horn og hans kone Polly Ann, der får et barn. Men under fødslen opstår der en dimensionel strukturforvridning, der skyldes at de ny fødsels- og hypnosemaskiner samtidig kortslutter og fungerer forkert. Så barnet ligner en lille blå pyramide med seks slangelignende vedhæng og tre øjne. De kalder den lille for Py. Og set fra dens side er de nogle venlige terninger. De får Py med hjem og lægen Dr Wolcott mener at der er håb om at Py trukket ud af den fjerde dimension. Det går Polly på nerverne at Py er en pyramide og hun begynder at ryge og drikke for meget. Det går Peter på nerverne og han begynder også at drikke. En dag kommer han hjem og opdager at Polly går tur med Py udenfor. Peter er desperat og siger til Wolcott at det haster. Wolcott har ikke fundet en måde at få Py ud af den underlige dimension, men måske en måde at få andre ind i den. Peter og Polly går med til eksperimentet. Og det går fint. Wolcott bliver helt rørt over at se den hvide aflange figur og den smalle hvide firkant holde om den lille blå pyramide.
"Kvinderne" handler om at der opstår et kvindelig væsen i havet og at det kigger begærligt på manden i et par, der soler sig på stranden. Kvinden forsøger at holde på manden, men det ender alligevel med at han bliver taget af havet og drukner.
"Den profetiske hønes motel" handler om en families biltur rundt i flere stater for at finde arbejde under depressionen i 1932. På et model hvor der er også er en hønsefarm får de et æg at se, hvor hønen i kalkoverfladen har skrevet at det snart bliver godt igen.
"I vindens retning fra Gettysburg" handler om Abraham Lincoln og attentatet på ham i et teater. Eller måske var det en robot, der blev skudt. ???
"Ja, vi mødes ved floden" handler om ???
"Den kolde vind og den varme" handler om ???
"Opringning om natten, pr efterkrav" handler om ???
"Hjemsøgt af det nye" handler om ???
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Kbh Stig Vendelkær [1972] 205 s,
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Fiction. Literature. Science Fiction. Short Stories. The mind of Ray Bradbury is a wonder-filled carnival of delight and terror that stretches from the verdant Irish countryside to the coldest reaches of outer space. Yet all his work is united by one common thread: a vivid and profound understanding of the vast set of emotions that bring strength and mythic resonance to our frail species. Bradbury characters may find themselves anywhere and anywhen. A horrified mother may give birth to a strange blue pyramid. A man may take Abraham Lincoln out of the grave-and meet another who puts him back. An amazing Electrical Grandmother may come to live with a grieving family. An old parrot may have learned over long evenings to imitate the voice of Ernest Hemingway, and become the last link to the last link to the great man. A priest on Mars may confront his fondest dream: to meet the Messiah. Each of these magnificent creations has something to tell us about our own humanity-and all of their fates await you in this collection of twenty-eight classic Bradbury stories and one luscious poem. Travel on an unpredictable and unforgettable literary journey, safe in the hands of the century's great man of imagination. Track List for I Sing the Body Electric!: Disc 1 "The Kilimanjaro Device"-Track 1 "The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place"-Track 9 "Tomorrow's Child"-Track 21 Disc 2 "The Women"-Track 10 "The Inspired Chicken Motel"-Track 17 Disc 3 "Downwind from Gettysburg"-Track 2 "Yes, We'll Gather at the River"-Track 14 "The Cold Wind and the Warm"-Track 21 Disc 4 "Night Call, Collect"-Track 12 "The Haunting of the New"-Track 19 Disc 5 "I Sing the Body Electric!"-Track 12 Disc 6 "The Tombling Day"-Track 12 Disc 7 "Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby's Is a Friend of Mine"-Track 2 Disc 8 "Heavy-Set"-Track 1 "The Man in the Rorschach Shirt"-Track 8 "Henry the Ninth"-Track 18 Disc 9 "The Lost City of Mars"-Track 2 Disc 10 "The Blue Bottle"-Track 5 "One Timeless Spring"-Track 12 "The Parrot Who Met Papa"-Track 18 Disc 11 "The Burning Man"-Track 9 "A Piece of Wood"-Track 15 "The Messiah"-Track 19 Disc 12 "G.B.S.-Mark V"-Track 6 "The Utterly Perfect Murder"-Track 15 "Punishment Without Crime"-Track 21 Disc 13 "Getting Through Sunday Somehow"-Track 4 "Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds"-Track 11 "Christus Apollo"-Track 22.… (more)
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LibraryThing member TakeItOrLeaveIt
the man in the rorschach shirt is a short story worth reading. the post-Freudian psychologist who is reminiscent of so many wise thinkers confesses all his prior faults and his new future while finding pleasures in the small aspects of life. he also notes that the writer has an imagination that the
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LibraryThing member Crowyhead
Nobody does short fiction like Ray Bradbury. The stories in this book, like most of Bradbury's work, defy categorization.
LibraryThing member MerryMary
What a writer! I love these stories, especially the title piece, which was made into a Twilight Zone episode.
LibraryThing member andyray
Some of Bradbury's best, with four of the 18 stories pure works orf genius, namely: 1) the kilamajaro device, 2) the women, 3) tomorrow's child, and 4) the lost city of Mars. Tomorrow's child is absolutely delicous! The poem at the end is a gratuious homage to Christianity, and inasmuch as the idea
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LibraryThing member aulsmith
Too much style for my taste.
LibraryThing member Bruce_McNair
This book is a collection of 17 short stories and a poem from a few different genres written between 1948 and 1977. The titles of the book and the corresponding short story are based on a poem by Walt Whitman. I thought the calibre of the stories was a little uneven, and this may be partly due to
The stories cover lots of different topics from the mundane to science fiction. They include:
1. The Kilimanjaro Device - a man driving an unusual truck seeks an old man who he wants to take on an unusual trip;
2. The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place - a group of Irish nationalists want to make their mark by burning down the house of a peer;
3. Tomorrow’s Child - a baby is born in another dimension but is visible in the normal world, the parents seek ways to reverse the situation for their child;
4. The Women - a woman contests ownership of her man with a seaboard entity;
5. The Inspired Chicken Motel - a man and his family are driving during the Great Depression when they encounter a motel that leaves a lasting impression;
6. Downwind from Gettysburg - a man shoots a robotic version of Abraham Lincoln;
7. Yes, We’ll Gather at the River - a group of store owners in a small town awaits the opening of a highway bypass that is likely to kill their town and their businesses;
8. The Cold Wind and the Warm - an eccentric group visit Dublin for a very short stay;
9. Night Call, Collect - the last man on Mars waits for people to return, meanwhile he is plagued by phone calls made by his younger self;
10. The Haunting of the New - a house that had been burnt down is rebuilt in exact replica, but it appears that it may be haunted;
11. I Sing the Body Electric - a man who has lost his wife buys a robot grandmother to look after his children;
12. The Tombling Day - a small town goes to work to relocate its graveyard affected by a road diversion;
13. Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby’s is a Friend of Mine - a stranger arrives in town pretending to be Charles Dickens and befriends a twelve-year old boy;
14. Heavy-Set - a bodybuilder prepares to celebrate Halloween with some friends;
15. The Man in the Rorschach Shirt - a man boards a bus and asks the passengers what they see in his unusual shirt;
16. Henry the Ninth - the last man in Great Britain refuses to leave;
17. The Lost City of Mars - a group of people answer an advertisement for a trip on a Martian canal hoping to find a lost city;
18. Christus Apollo - a poem celebrating the eighth day of creation and the promise of the ninth.
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the age in which the stories were written. I give this collection 3 stars out of 5.The stories cover lots of different topics from the mundane to science fiction. They include:
1. The Kilimanjaro Device - a man driving an unusual truck seeks an old man who he wants to take on an unusual trip;
2. The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place - a group of Irish nationalists want to make their mark by burning down the house of a peer;
3. Tomorrow’s Child - a baby is born in another dimension but is visible in the normal world, the parents seek ways to reverse the situation for their child;
4. The Women - a woman contests ownership of her man with a seaboard entity;
5. The Inspired Chicken Motel - a man and his family are driving during the Great Depression when they encounter a motel that leaves a lasting impression;
6. Downwind from Gettysburg - a man shoots a robotic version of Abraham Lincoln;
7. Yes, We’ll Gather at the River - a group of store owners in a small town awaits the opening of a highway bypass that is likely to kill their town and their businesses;
8. The Cold Wind and the Warm - an eccentric group visit Dublin for a very short stay;
9. Night Call, Collect - the last man on Mars waits for people to return, meanwhile he is plagued by phone calls made by his younger self;
10. The Haunting of the New - a house that had been burnt down is rebuilt in exact replica, but it appears that it may be haunted;
11. I Sing the Body Electric - a man who has lost his wife buys a robot grandmother to look after his children;
12. The Tombling Day - a small town goes to work to relocate its graveyard affected by a road diversion;
13. Any Friend of Nicholas Nickleby’s is a Friend of Mine - a stranger arrives in town pretending to be Charles Dickens and befriends a twelve-year old boy;
14. Heavy-Set - a bodybuilder prepares to celebrate Halloween with some friends;
15. The Man in the Rorschach Shirt - a man boards a bus and asks the passengers what they see in his unusual shirt;
16. Henry the Ninth - the last man in Great Britain refuses to leave;
17. The Lost City of Mars - a group of people answer an advertisement for a trip on a Martian canal hoping to find a lost city;
18. Christus Apollo - a poem celebrating the eighth day of creation and the promise of the ninth.
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LibraryThing member rosalita
I don't always do well with short story collections. If they're good I want to read them one after the other, only to find the individual stories get lost in the blur. If they're not so good, I'm tempted to put the book down part way through and never pick it up again.
I suspected this book of
Not all of these stories have science-fiction elements, and several reveal Bradbury's preoccupation with his fellow writers. I've marked my favorites with an asterisk.
The Kilimanjaro Device — A man invents a time-travel contraption to give Ernest Hemingway a better ending. (This is not the last we'll read of Papa. I gather Bradbury was a bit of a fanboi.)
*The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place — A comic tale of some bumbling IRA soldiers and the best-laid plans of mice and men.
Tomorrow's Child — A baby is born into another dimension, and appears in this one as a small blue pyramid with tentacles, to the distress of his all-too-human parents.
The Women — Something in the sea wants to claim a sunbather, but his wife has other plans.
The Inspired Chicken Motel — In the depths of the Great Depression, a chicken lays prophetic eggs.
*Downwind from Gettysburg — A man named Booth assassinates a man named Lincoln, 100 years after the Civil War.
*Yes We'll Gather at the River — The relentless march of progress leaves a small town behind.
*The Cold Wind and the Warm — The fairies return to Ireland, if only for a day.
Night Call, Collect — The last man alive on Mars is haunted by the voice of his younger self.
The Haunting of the New — A house forcefully renounces its history of debauchery.
*I Sing the Body Electric! — Robot Grandma comforts a family of young children after their mother dies.
*The Tombling Day — An old woman encounters her first love, who has been dead for sixty years.
*Any Friend of Nicholas Nickelby's is a Friend of Mine — Charles Dickens takes up residence in a small Illinois town — in 1929.
Heavy Set — An overgrown boy and his mama.
The Man in the Rohrschach Shirt — A retired psychiatrist finds a new clientele on the California beaches.
*Henry the Ninth — The last king of England surveys his kingdom.
The Lost City of Mars — An expedition to an abandoned underground city that runs itself — and the people who stumble on it.
The Blue Bottle — On a long-abandoned Mars, a man searches endlessly for his heart's desire.
One Timeless Spring — A 12-year-old boy is convinced his parents are poisoning him.
The Parrot Who Met Papa — A man birdnaps a parrot that met Hemingway and memorized his final unpublished manuscript.
*The Burning Man — On the hottest day of the year, a boy and his aunt pick up a most unusual hitchhiker.
A Piece of Wood — A pacifist soldier invents a device to turn the world's weapons to rust.
*The Messiah — The Second Coming of Christ, on Mars.
G.B.S. Mark V — A voyage through space with George Bernard Shaw.
The Utterly Perfect Murder — A middle-aged man travels across the country to avenge a childhood snub.
*Punishment Without Crime — A man is sentenced to an authentic penalty for a faux crime.
*Getting Through Sunday Somehow — A man struggles through a gloomy, sleepy Dublin Sunday until he meets the perfect antidote.
Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds — A brutal heat wave drives a man to desperate things.
Christus Apollo — A cantata contemplating other Jesuses on other worlds.
I suspected this book of
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Bradbury stories was more likely to be the former, so had a strategy going in. I would read one story at a time, switching to other books in between so that the stories remained distinct in my mind. And I took the time after finishing each story to jot down a very brief description of each one, again to help me remember them as individual tales. And that's what I'm going to share here.Not all of these stories have science-fiction elements, and several reveal Bradbury's preoccupation with his fellow writers. I've marked my favorites with an asterisk.
The Kilimanjaro Device — A man invents a time-travel contraption to give Ernest Hemingway a better ending. (This is not the last we'll read of Papa. I gather Bradbury was a bit of a fanboi.)
*The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place — A comic tale of some bumbling IRA soldiers and the best-laid plans of mice and men.
Tomorrow's Child — A baby is born into another dimension, and appears in this one as a small blue pyramid with tentacles, to the distress of his all-too-human parents.
The Women — Something in the sea wants to claim a sunbather, but his wife has other plans.
The Inspired Chicken Motel — In the depths of the Great Depression, a chicken lays prophetic eggs.
*Downwind from Gettysburg — A man named Booth assassinates a man named Lincoln, 100 years after the Civil War.
*Yes We'll Gather at the River — The relentless march of progress leaves a small town behind.
*The Cold Wind and the Warm — The fairies return to Ireland, if only for a day.
Night Call, Collect — The last man alive on Mars is haunted by the voice of his younger self.
The Haunting of the New — A house forcefully renounces its history of debauchery.
*I Sing the Body Electric! — Robot Grandma comforts a family of young children after their mother dies.
*The Tombling Day — An old woman encounters her first love, who has been dead for sixty years.
*Any Friend of Nicholas Nickelby's is a Friend of Mine — Charles Dickens takes up residence in a small Illinois town — in 1929.
Heavy Set — An overgrown boy and his mama.
The Man in the Rohrschach Shirt — A retired psychiatrist finds a new clientele on the California beaches.
*Henry the Ninth — The last king of England surveys his kingdom.
The Lost City of Mars — An expedition to an abandoned underground city that runs itself — and the people who stumble on it.
The Blue Bottle — On a long-abandoned Mars, a man searches endlessly for his heart's desire.
One Timeless Spring — A 12-year-old boy is convinced his parents are poisoning him.
The Parrot Who Met Papa — A man birdnaps a parrot that met Hemingway and memorized his final unpublished manuscript.
*The Burning Man — On the hottest day of the year, a boy and his aunt pick up a most unusual hitchhiker.
A Piece of Wood — A pacifist soldier invents a device to turn the world's weapons to rust.
*The Messiah — The Second Coming of Christ, on Mars.
G.B.S. Mark V — A voyage through space with George Bernard Shaw.
The Utterly Perfect Murder — A middle-aged man travels across the country to avenge a childhood snub.
*Punishment Without Crime — A man is sentenced to an authentic penalty for a faux crime.
*Getting Through Sunday Somehow — A man struggles through a gloomy, sleepy Dublin Sunday until he meets the perfect antidote.
Drink Entire: Against the Madness of Crowds — A brutal heat wave drives a man to desperate things.
Christus Apollo — A cantata contemplating other Jesuses on other worlds.
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Awards
Best Fiction for Young Adults (Selection — 1969)
Language
Original language
English
Original publication date
1969-10
Physical description
205 p.; 18.5 cm
ISBN
8741636112 / 9788741636115
Local notes
Omslag: Ikke angivet
Omslaget viser et hold læger, der undersøger en grøn pyramide med et par udvækster der ligner ører
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra amerikansk "I sing the body electric" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Kilimanjaro Device" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Tomorrow's Child" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Women" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Inspired Chicken Motel" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Downwind from Gettysburg" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Yes, We'll Gather at the River" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Cold Wind and the Warm" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Night Call, Collect" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Haunting of the New" af Arne Herløv Petersen
I indholdsfortegnelsen står der "Den frytgelige brand oppe i huset"
Side 46: Wolcoot.
Side 47: Wolcott.
Side 47: så tager mig herind (typo for så taget mig herind)
Side 58: eskport (typo for eksport)
Side 64: Vi har kun været her på kontoret i fem minutter, og du har allerede lovet resten af livet væk.
Omslaget viser et hold læger, der undersøger en grøn pyramide med et par udvækster der ligner ører
Indskannet omslag - N650U - 150 dpi
Oversat fra amerikansk "I sing the body electric" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Kilimanjaro Device" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Terrible Conflagration Up at the Place" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Tomorrow's Child" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Women" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Inspired Chicken Motel" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Downwind from Gettysburg" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Yes, We'll Gather at the River" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Cold Wind and the Warm" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "Night Call, Collect" af Arne Herløv Petersen
Oversat fra amerikansk "The Haunting of the New" af Arne Herløv Petersen
I indholdsfortegnelsen står der "Den frytgelige brand oppe i huset"
Side 46: Wolcoot.
Side 47: Wolcott.
Side 47: så tager mig herind (typo for så taget mig herind)
Side 58: eskport (typo for eksport)
Side 64: Vi har kun været her på kontoret i fem minutter, og du har allerede lovet resten af livet væk.
Other editions
Jeg synger kroppen elektrisk! by Ray Bradbury (Paperback)
I sing the body electric! by Ray Bradbury (Paper Book)
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205
DDC/MDS
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