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"I never saw why I had to give up science in order to write, or the other way around, so I didn't!"
- Gregory Benford
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| Tranquilizing Gum | ||
| Chewing gum with a tranquilizing agent. |
Joe Chip has had a bad day; he's just taken his dead employer to the Beloved Bretheren Moratorium to see if it's not too late for half-life.
| "...calm yourself," Von Vogelsang opened the glove compartment of the chopper's control panel; he handed Joe a merry multicolored box. "Chew one of these, Mr. Chip."
"Tranquilizing gum," Joe said, accepting the box; reflexively he opened it. "Peach-flavored tranquilizing gum." |
| From Ubik,
by Philip K. Dick. Published by Doubleday in 1969 Additional resources -
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