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- ↑ THE WAY IT WASN'T: GREAT SCIENCE FICTION STORIES OF ALTERNATE HISTORY, reviewed at Kirkus Reviews ; published February 1, 1996; archived online, May 20, 2010; retrieved August 23, 2020
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