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- ↑ Willis, Russell. "AN INTERVIEW WITH MARTIN LOCK (PART 1 | THE BEM YEARS)," Under the Stairs (2013). Retrieved Jan. 8, 2020.
- ↑ Dave Langford, 'Infinitely Improbable', Ansible 206, (September 2004) ISSN 0265-9816
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