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Cipher7
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Posted - 2007.01.16 03:09:00 -
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William Gibson (Neuromancer, Burning Chrome)
Isaac Asimov (The Stars Like Dust)
Tom Clancy (Red Storm Rising)
Make sure you play Fallout series
Dues Ex
System Shock
Doom3
Elite
Wasteland
God I love Sci Fi
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hotgirl933
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Posted - 2007.01.16 03:56:00 -
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peter f hamilton ( nightdawn trilogy) kulu system is named after his book me thinks
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Marcus Druallis
Quantum Industries
Prime Orbital Systems
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Posted - 2007.01.16 05:01:00 -
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Read "Theodicy" under the short stories section in the EVE Online backstory. It's fairly long for a short story, and it quite a good read. Made me want to train for Amarr just for their "glory." Even if they are pieces of...
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Majestik
Gallente
Freelancing Corp
Confederation of Independent Corporations
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Posted - 2007.01.16 05:16:00 -
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Edited by: Majestik on 16/01/2007 05:16:05
Looks like I have a lot of books to buy.
My choices......
The Stars at War II
by David Weber, Steve White.
1056 pages
The Planet Pirates
by Anne McCaffrey, Jody Lynn Nye, and Elizabeth Moon
896 pages
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Lucius Malvek
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Posted - 2007.01.16 05:47:00 -
[65]
 Originally by: Mikal Drey
Raymond E Feist- Throughly Recomend "Magician"
Yeah, not Sci-Fi (though it does have aliens from a different world), the Riftwar saga you are referring to is my favorite book series of all time.
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Omber Zombie
Gallente
Frontier Technologies
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Posted - 2007.01.16 05:58:00 -
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why does everyone always forget E.E. Doc Smith's Lensman Series?
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Shauuri
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Posted - 2007.01.16 06:19:00 -
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I know it's been mentioned before, but I have to say that Dan Simmons' Hyperion novels and his Illum series (can't wait for the 3rd book!) are among the best SF I've read. Of course, Dune remains to this day the finest of the bunch; I;m working my way through the "prequel" novels right now and loving them.
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Risien Drogonne
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Posted - 2007.01.16 08:37:00 -
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Originally by: D'Mur Pilru
Lest we forgot Arthur C. Clarke, old but ever good. And Orson Scott Cards 'Ender' series rocks as well. (as does the side novel Enders Shadow)
Although it has absolutely nothing similar to EVE at all, "Ender's Game" was definitely one of my favorite sci-fi novels.
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Vaslav Tchitcherine
Jericho Fraction
The Star Fraction
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Posted - 2007.01.16 10:23:00 -
[69]
Originally by: Ogul
Originally by: Spartaen
Night's Dawn trilogy > all.
Oh yes. 3000+ pages ending in a deus ex machina. I never knew a greater disappointment.
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An epic and exquisite setup for nothing but a truly terrible pun. Crushing disappointment. If I ever meet the man I will punch him in the face. Or maybe frown at him. Either way, he will rue the day.
On topic:
Joan Vinge's Cat books present an interesting, highly-corporatized future that is no doubt what the Caldari State looks like from a citizen's-eye-view. She is Vernor's ex-wife, and his superior as a writer (though A Fire.. and A Deepness.., already mentioned, are excellent).
Some people have mentioned fantasy books. The most Eve-like fantasy of any quality I can mention is Steven Brust's too-often overlooked Vlad Taltos series. Of a similar dark bent to Eve, and very good (and very, very bloody), is Steven Erikson's series.
Also, it's surprising how many people don't know how to spell their favourite authors' names.
v.
Star Fraction is recruiting: come smash the State!
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RuleoftheBone
Minmatar
UK Corp
Lotka Volterra
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Posted - 2007.01.16 10:23:00 -
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Originally by: Omber Zombie
why does everyone always forget E.E. Doc Smith's Lensman Series?
Because some of us are reluctant to reveal just how old we actually are 
As in:
Phillip K. ****-"Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep" which was the basis for the amazing Blade Runner movie (I still have the PC game just for the Vangelis sound track. And if you buy the DVD-make sure it has the alternative endings). Anything else by PKD is also mind blowing.
Walter Miller-"A Canticle For Leibowitz"
Ray Bradbury-Anything he wrote. More about the human side of sci-fi.
Robert Heinlein-Been mentioned before. "The Cat Who Walks Through Walls" is my favorite.
Gregory Benford-Another scientist turned sci-fi writer. The "Galactic Center" series is a gem.
Robert Sawyer-"Calculating God" will move you-big time. His other stuff is pretty good too.
Enough already-I have not even dented my bookshelf yet! But here is something for everyone-not sci-fi but what a read:
"Night Watch"-by Sergei Lukyanenko. This is one novelist who makes me wish I could read Russian so I didn't have to wait for the translations (Book 2 "Day Watch" is due for release in the UK shortly). The fun of vampires-v-warlocks-v-shapechangers-"normals" is made excellent by the questions of morality raised within.
And finally-hold on to your hats on this one-again a non-science fiction author:
Umberto Eco-"The Name Of The Rose". Probably the most
entertaining and accessable of Eco's works you will still find yourself reaching for the latin dictionary (physical or web based ) in order to truely enjoy a magnificent murder mystery with far-reaching social and religious implications set in a dark ages monastary. I would also recommend the film version featuring Sean Connery if you can find a copy.
Enjoy...and keep them book recommendations rolling in
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Phoenix Pryde
Caldari
Infinite Improbability Inc
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Posted - 2007.01.16 10:32:00 -
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Since it wasnt mentioned yet ...
The Saga of Seven Suns, Series from Kevin J. Anderson. Entertaining read.
I also liked the classic Battletech Books. But thats another quite large scifi universe in itself. And granted, one has to like Battletech itself to be a able to stomach a few of the books ... *g*
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.01.16 11:29:00 -
[72]
Originally by: Shauuri
I know it's been mentioned before, but I have to say that Dan Simmons' Hyperion novels and his Illum series (can't wait for the 3rd book!) are among the best SF I've read. Of course, Dune remains to this day the finest of the bunch; I;m working my way through the "prequel" novels right now and loving them.
There will be a 3rd book for Illium? The story seemed pretty much finished in the 2nd.
(Of cource, the same thing could have been said for hyperion, but that still does not necessarily means Illium will get a 3rd and 4th book as well.)
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.01.16 11:29:00 -
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Originally by: Shauuri
I know it's been mentioned before, but I have to say that Dan Simmons' Hyperion novels and his Illum series (can't wait for the 3rd book!) are among the best SF I've read. Of course, Dune remains to this day the finest of the bunch; I;m working my way through the "prequel" novels right now and loving them.
There will be a 3rd book for Illium? The story seemed pretty much finished in the 2nd.
(Of cource, the same thing could have been said for hyperion, but that still does not necessarily means Illium will get a 3rd and 4th book as well.)
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Aramendel
Amarr
Queens of the Stone Age
Anarchy Empire
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Posted - 2007.01.16 11:29:00 -
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Originally by: Shauuri
I know it's been mentioned before, but I have to say that Dan Simmons' Hyperion novels and his Illum series (can't wait for the 3rd book!) are among the best SF I've read. Of course, Dune remains to this day the finest of the bunch; I;m working my way through the "prequel" novels right now and loving them.
There will be a 3rd book for Illium? The story seemed pretty much finished in the 2nd.
(Of cource, the same thing could have been said for hyperion, but that still does not necessarily means Illium will get a 3rd and 4th book as well.)
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Xthril Ranger
hirr
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.01.16 11:43:00 -
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Edited by: Xthril Ranger on 16/01/2007 11:42:48
Originally by: Vaslav Tchitcherine
Originally by: Ogul
Originally by: Spartaen
Night's Dawn trilogy > all.
Oh yes. 3000+ pages ending in a deus ex machina. I never knew a greater disappointment.
++++
An epic and exquisite setup for nothing but a truly terrible pun. Crushing disappointment. If I ever meet the man I will punch him in the face. Or maybe frown at him. Either way, he will rue the day.
No epic ending , just the use of the galactic "I win button". Left me with a bitter taste. But I love everything else he have done. The Pandora's star and follow up Judas unchained is highly recommended.
But if you like space battles there is nothing that is even close to the Dread empires fall trilogy (Walter Jon Williams). There is long battles happening at ranges spanning entire solarsystems. They are very well written and we follow the tactical side of the battles. How do you surprise your opponent when there is no hiding in space? How to react on info that is an hour old (light only goes so fast).
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Xthril Ranger
hirr
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.01.16 11:43:00 -
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Edited by: Xthril Ranger on 16/01/2007 11:42:48
Originally by: Vaslav Tchitcherine
Originally by: Ogul
Originally by: Spartaen
Night's Dawn trilogy > all.
Oh yes. 3000+ pages ending in a deus ex machina. I never knew a greater disappointment.
++++
An epic and exquisite setup for nothing but a truly terrible pun. Crushing disappointment. If I ever meet the man I will punch him in the face. Or maybe frown at him. Either way, he will rue the day.
No epic ending , just the use of the galactic "I win button". Left me with a bitter taste. But I love everything else he have done. The Pandora's star and follow up Judas unchained is highly recommended.
But if you like space battles there is nothing that is even close to the Dread empires fall trilogy (Walter Jon Williams). There is long battles happening at ranges spanning entire solarsystems. They are very well written and we follow the tactical side of the battles. How do you surprise your opponent when there is no hiding in space? How to react on info that is an hour old (light only goes so fast).
Linkage
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Xthril Ranger
hirr
Morsus Mihi
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Posted - 2007.01.16 11:43:00 -
[77]
Edited by: Xthril Ranger on 16/01/2007 11:42:48
Originally by: Vaslav Tchitcherine
Originally by: Ogul
Originally by: Spartaen
Night's Dawn trilogy > all.
Oh yes. 3000+ pages ending in a deus ex machina. I never knew a greater disappointment.
++++
An epic and exquisite setup for nothing but a truly terrible pun. Crushing disappointment. If I ever meet the man I will punch him in the face. Or maybe frown at him. Either way, he will rue the day.
No epic ending , just the use of the galactic "I win button". Left me with a bitter taste. But I love everything else he have done. The Pandora's star and follow up Judas unchained is highly recommended.
But if you like space battles there is nothing that is even close to the Dread empires fall trilogy (Walter Jon Williams). There is long battles happening at ranges spanning entire solarsystems. They are very well written and we follow the tactical side of the battles. How do you surprise your opponent when there is no hiding in space? How to react on info that is an hour old (light only goes so fast).
Linkage
you'll never jump alone |
Nihma
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Posted - 2007.01.16 12:51:00 -
[78]
Edited by: Nihma on 16/01/2007 12:47:17
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Nihma
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Posted - 2007.01.16 12:51:00 -
[79]
Edited by: Nihma on 16/01/2007 12:47:17
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Milaahs Nithori
Amarr
Yazata Spenta
Aegis Militia
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Posted - 2007.01.16 12:52:00 -
[80]
Originally by: Marcus Druallis
Read "Theodicy" under the short stories section in the EVE Online backstory. It's fairly long for a short story, and it quite a good read. Made me want to train for Amarr just for their "glory." Even if they are pieces of...
Indeed, hehe. Theodicy is a very very great read
Originally by: Yumi Katanawe
Greg Beard - hard sci-fi, fits like a glove with EVE.
Ah. I have only read Eon and Eternity by Greg Bear. Absolutely fantastic. Monumental.
Those particular books didn't engage EVE-modus for me though. EVE is more grand space opera. Greg Bear's sci fi is closer to home i guess.
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Milaahs Nithori
Amarr
Yazata Spenta
Aegis Militia
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Posted - 2007.01.16 12:52:00 -
[81]
Originally by: Marcus Druallis
Read "Theodicy" under the short stories section in the EVE Online backstory. It's fairly long for a short story, and it quite a good read. Made me want to train for Amarr just for their "glory." Even if they are pieces of...
Indeed, hehe. Theodicy is a very very great read
Originally by: Yumi Katanawe
Greg Beard - hard sci-fi, fits like a glove with EVE.
Ah. I have only read Eon and Eternity by Greg Bear. Absolutely fantastic. Monumental.
Those particular books didn't engage EVE-modus for me though. EVE is more grand space opera. Greg Bear's sci fi is closer to home i guess.
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Radioact1ve
BIG
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Posted - 2007.01.17 15:44:00 -
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Since he hasn't been mentioned yet, there's also the other Greg, Greg Egan. And Gregory Benford.
Both write very good "hard" science fiction.
Oh and some people may also enjoy Eric Nylund's novels. Even though set in a quite a different universe and very different from the works of the two authors mentioned above, they're very good "action" science fiction novels. |
Smagd
Encina Technologies
Namtz'aar k'in
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Posted - 2007.01.17 16:49:00 -
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Edited by: Smagd on 17/01/2007 16:53:23
William Gibson is pretty far away from EvE really, although some of the better scenes in Neuromancer take place in near Earth orbit. If you *do* like near future stuff, I must recommend the newer Bridge trilogy and also Pattern recognition. He formed a lot of concepts in Neuromancer and he's still doing it.
If you like hard SF like Greg Bear above, I'm still missing Robert L. Forward. His "Dragon's Egg" (which is about life on a neutron star discovered near the constellation "Draco", just so you don't run for your swords) is apparently still considered an "extra credit reading" in some beginner's astronomy classes.
Edit: I'm adding John Brunners Shockwave Rider to the near-future Must-See books. Highly original writing style and terms that actually made it into real life (computer worms, for instance).
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Erotic Irony
RONA Deepspace
Rule of Three
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Posted - 2007.01.17 17:17:00 -
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Snowcrash is alot of fun and the book of choice when EVE is slow going. It's like Neuromancer lite.
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Izo Azlion
Veto.
Veto Corp
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Posted - 2007.01.17 17:26:00 -
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Peter F. Hamilton's "Nights Dawn" trilogy is basically a better version of EVE.
(Sorry Devs, ... but the idea of Nanonics, affinty, and geneering far exceed the rabbling of Amarr :P)
He rocks.
Izo Azlion.
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Savesti Kyrsst
Minmatar
White-Noise
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Posted - 2007.01.17 17:57:00 -
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Edited by: Savesti Kyrsst on 17/01/2007 17:59:03
I'll list authors, because it'd be wrong to respond to the OPs actual post on general
Iain M Banks (all - Against A Dark Background is my favourite sci-fi book)
Ken McLeod (earlier better)
Gregory Benford (earlier much better, read the various series not the recent pulp sci-thrillers)
Vernor Vinge
Alistair Reynolds
Neal Stephenson
Phillip K Di.ck
Issac Asimov
Arthur C. Clarke
Orson Scott Card - Enders Game
Brian Aldiss
Dan Simmons
Stephen Donaldson - Gap Series
Not so related but similar "feel" (to me)
Harlan Ellison
China Mieville
HG Wells
Jules Verne
Olaf Stapledon (really really old, pioneering sci-fi)
Timothy Zahn - Thrawn Trilogy, great pulpy star wars fun(should have been the next movies, heh)
Stuff I like anyway and can't help reccommending:
Ursula K. Le Guinn (especially Earthsea)
Mary Gentle (Ash)
... that any help?
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Anator Namon
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Posted - 2007.01.17 18:15:00 -
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CH Cherryh. Ian Banks. Mike Resnick. Bujold. Vernor Vinge. Reynolds.
These are just a few, and much much better than Niven ****.
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Anator Namon
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Posted - 2007.01.17 18:18:00 -
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Originally by: RuleoftheBone
Edited by: RuleoftheBone on 15/01/2007 12:25:26
How dare I forget the masters:
Issac Asimov-"Foundation Series"
and
Frank Herbert-"Dune Series"....the books by his son ain't bad and provide decent backstory to the originals but they smack a bit too much of commercialism.
p.s. This is probably the most useful, fun, and interesting thread I have seen pop up in weeks
But Dune hardly deals with space at all, and it is a very very different space than in EVE. Additionally, Foundation deals very little with space as well.
EVE is not a planet game, we don't know much about how life is with planets. What is definitely a big part is semi-independent spaceships and captains and empires (the empires bit is where Foundation and Dune have some relevance).
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Anator Namon
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Posted - 2007.01.17 18:19:00 -
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Originally by: Erotic Irony
Snowcrash is alot of fun and the book of choice when EVE is slow going. It's like Neuromancer lite.
Great books, but very very far from EVE.
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Venkul Mul
Gallente
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Posted - 2007.01.17 19:15:00 -
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Originally by: Mikal Drey
hey hey
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*my reading is more WOW than EVE but EVE is clearly superior.
Try some older books:
Harold Sea serie by Sprague De Camp
Newhon serie (Fafhrd and Gray Mouser) by Friz Leiber; some FS/fantasy writer got to say that instead of Leiber winning the Tolkien prize, should have been Tolkien winning the Leiber prize for fantasy .
FS
the Viller serie by Alexiey Panshin
And thys thread has increased my love for EVE.
FS rule! 
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