The Windows of Heaven (short story)

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"The Windows of Heaven (Two by Two)" is a short story by John Brunner written in 1956. It was first published in the May 1956 issue of New Worlds [1] and collected in the short story collection No Future In It by John Brunner. [1] It also appears in the anthologies Yet More Penguin Science Fiction and The Penguin Science Fiction Omnibus by Brian Aldiss.

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  1. 1 2 Bibliography: The Windows of Heaven The Internet Speculative Fiction Database. Retrieved: 28 February 2011

The Windows of Heaven title listing at the Internet Speculative Fiction Database