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On July 20th, 1969...by Frederik Pohl
tor.com - 7/21/2009
On July 20th, 1969...by Frederik Pohl
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40 years ago, like pretty much everybody in the world, I was glued to my TV set watching Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin set their spacecraft down on the surface of the Moon, and then go out and walk around on it and, mission accomplished, take off again and come gloriously home. I still get ...
manybooks.net - 7/25/2009
The Hated by Frederik Pohl - Free eBook
— manybooks.net — Then the door of the men's room opened. He came out. He looked lousy . Eyes all... red-rimmed and his hair falling out--the poor crumb couldn't have been over twenty-nine. He shrieked, "You!" He called me a million names. He said, "You thieving rat, I'll ... (more) The Hated by Frederik Pohl - Free eBook

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On July 20th, 1969...by Robert J. Sawyer
tor.com - 7/21/2009
On July 20th, 1969...by Robert J. Sawyer
— tor.com — On July 20, 1969, I was nine years old, and living in suburban Toronto. My whole family... stayed up late to watch Neil and Buzz set foot upon the moon. I was already a science-fiction fan by that point (my dad had taken me to see 2001: A Space ... (more) On July 20th, 1969...by Robert J. Sawyer

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On July 20th, 1969...by David Weber
tor.com - 7/21/2009
On July 20th, 1969...by David Weber
— tor.com — On July 20, 1969, I was 16 years old, and I had a lot of things on... my mind. I was a chicken farmer for the Future Farmers of America at the time, and I remember I was having problems with possums going after my brood house. Then there was Douglas ... (more) On July 20th, 1969...by David Weber

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SF Authors Remember the Moon Landing
SF Signal — ... Gregory Manchess L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Larry Niven Frederick Pohl Kit Reed Rudy Rucker Pamela Sargent Robert J. Sawyer Robert Silverberg Charles Stross Michael Swanwick Jo Walton David Weber ...

Tor.com Remembers the Moon Landing with SF Authors
Grasping for the Wind — ... Bova David Brin Jeffrey A. Carver C. J. Cherryh Phyllis Eisenstein Fritz W. Foy Joe Haldeman Harry Harrison Parick Nielsen Hayden Teresa Nielsen Hayden Nancy Kress Geoffrey A. Landis David Langford Gregory Manchess L. E. Modesitt, Jr. Larry Niven Frederick Pohl Kit Reed Rudy Rucker Pamela Sargent ...

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