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- ↑ Roald Dahl (17 May 1952). "Skin". The New Yorker. p. 31. Retrieved 15 June 2017.
- ↑ Conklin, Groff (May 1954). "Galaxy's 5 Star Shelf". Galaxy Science Fiction. pp. 129–133.