The Misplaced Battleship

Harry Harrison

Illustrated by van Dongen _Some planet in the galaxy must--by definition--be the toughest, meanest, nastiest of all.

Harry Harrison

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Harry Harrison

_It might seem a little careless to lose track of something as big as a battleship ...

Harry Harrison

At one time--this was before the Robot Restriction Laws--they'd even allowed them to make their own decisions....

Washington Irving

A pleasing land of drowsy head it was, Of dreams that wave before the half-shut eye; And of gay castles in the clouds that pass, Forever flushing round a summer sky.

Ayn Rand

PART ONE It is a sin to write this.

Aristophanes

statement is made that it may be rejected.

William Strunk

This book aims to give in brief space the principal requirements of plain English style.