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    Masters of None
    Masters of None
    Masters of None
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    Masters of None

    By Lloyd Neil Goble

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    The advantages of specialization are so obvious that, today, we don't even know how to recognize a competent syncretist!
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherStart Classics
    Release dateJun 13, 2014
    ISBN9781633553279
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      Masters of None - Lloyd Neil Goble

      Master of None

      By Lloyd Neil Goble

      Start Publishing LLC

      Copyright © 2012 by Start Publishing LLC

      All rights reserved, including the right to reproduce this book or portions thereof in any form whatsoever.

      First Start Publishing eBook edition October 2012

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      The advantages of specialization are so obvious that, today, we don't even know how to recognize a competent syncretist!

      Freddy the Fish glanced at the folded newspaper beside him on the bench. A little one-column headline caught his eye:

      MYSTERIOUS SIGNALS FROM OUTER SPACE

      Probably from Cygnus, he said.

      Freddy mashed a peanut, popped the meat into his mouth, and tossed the shell to the curb in front of his bench. He munched and idly watched two sparrows arguing over the discarded delicacy; the victor flitted to the head of a statue, let go a triumphant dropping onto the marble nose, and hopped to a nearby branch.

      Serves him right, Freddy said. He yawned and rubbed the stubble on his chin. Not yet long enough for scissors, he decided. He pulled his feet up on the bench, twisting in an effort to get comfortable. The sun was in his eyes, so he reclaimed the discarded newspaper and spread it

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