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    Micro-Man
    Micro-Man
    Micro-Man
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    Micro-Man

    By Forrest J. Ackerman

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    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherArchive Classics
    Release dateNov 26, 2013
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      Micro-Man - Forrest J. Ackerman

      The Project Gutenberg EBook of Micro-Man, by Forrest James Ackerman

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      Title: Micro-Man

      Author: Forrest James Ackerman

      Release Date: May 29, 2010 [EBook #32579]

      Language: English

      *** START OF THIS PROJECT GUTENBERG EBOOK MICRO-MAN ***

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      MICRO-MAN

      BY WEAVER WRIGHT

      [Transcriber Note: This etext was produced from Fantasy Book Vol. 1 number 1 (1947). Extensive research did not uncover any evidence that the U.S. copyright on this publication was renewed.]

      The little man dared to venture into the realm of the Gods—but the Gods were cruel!

      The early morning streetcar, swaying and rattling along its tracks, did as much to divert my attention from the book I was reading as the contents of the book itself. I did not like Plato. Comfortable though the seat was, I was as uncomfortable as any collegiate could be whose mind would rather dwell upon tomorrow's football game than the immediate task in hand—the morning session with Professor Russell and the book on my lap.

      My gaze wandered from the book and drifted out the distorted window, then fell to the car-sill as I thought over Plato's conclusions. Something moving on the ledge attracted my attention: it was a scurrying black ant. If I had thought about it, I might have wondered how it came there. But the next moment a more curious object on the sill caught my eye. I bent over.

      I couldn't make out what it

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