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    The Sloths of Kruvny
    The Sloths of Kruvny
    The Sloths of Kruvny
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    The Sloths of Kruvny

    By Vern Fearing and Henry Sharp

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 15, 2013
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      The Sloths of Kruvny - Vern Fearing

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      Title: The Sloths of Kruvny

      Author: Vern Fearing

      Illustrator: Henry Sharp

      Release Date: March 22, 2010 [EBook #31737]

      Language: English

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      This etext was produced from Amazing Stories Oct.-Nov. 1953. Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.

      THE SLOTHS

      OF

      KRUVNY

      BY VERN FEARING

      Illustrator: Henry Sharp

      This world we live in is a pretty grim place. It's tough to make a living. At any moment we may get blown up, down or sideways by the atom bomb. The day after tomorrow may never come, and on top of all this, TV commercials are getting worse and worse. It seems that our only salvation is a sense of humor, so we give you The Sloths ... a very unserious yarn.

      radley Broadshoulders—friends called him Brad, or Broad, or Shoulders—stood grim-lipped, as is the custom of spacemen, and waited for the Commander to speak fateful words. He was an obese

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