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Fanfare, whole no. 10, December 1943

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   Alicia yawned copiously & switched off her telescreen. "Heck!" she vituperated. "War! War! War! Why don't they discover a new planet & lay off Pluto? Why don't they hold an election?"
   She sat up & considered her toenails. They were lacquered in the newest cerulean tint & neatly engraved. The tasteful pink spirals made her rather dizzy. Suddenly a shadow fell across them. She looked up. 
   A man was hurrying down the street. He wore a worried frown. As Alicia stared after him, he drew a timemachine our of his vest pocket & made an observation. 
"Oh dear," he wailed, "it's still now! I shall never get there, never!"
   Alicia sat up very straight. He was going places! She swung a pair of cellophaned legs over the porch rail & landed lightly on the lawn, completely ruining her mother's imported Japanese beetles. 
   "Hey!" she cred. "Wait a minute!"
   He glanced nervously at her, then turned & hurried on. Alicia followed at top speed. Her O'Sullivan (advt) rocket-heels put wings on her feet. The light on the corner was cerise & the man stopped, wondering what it meant. It went out & he scurried diagonally across the street with Alicia at his heels. She reached out to grab him by the collar.
   Poof! He vanished into a manhole. In the twinkling of a 7th magnitude Cepheid variable, Alicia followed. 
   The hole went straight down.  Alicia was just becoming accustomed to the soothing darkness when it vanished. Ahead of her the manhole blazed with light. She was approaching one of the centers of gravity of the Earth. 
   With a rush she passed it. A layer of molten rock was sandwiched between two slabs of red-hot ice (Copyrite E R Burroughs Inc) By rights they should have been steam down Alicia's spine. The lava was radiating heat so fast probably.** Alicia had studied a chemistry prof in her freshman year at Harvard (advt).
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*Referring to the complex non-isothermal equilibrium described by ERB in "At the Earth's Core".
**High [pressure?]

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6 Alicia yawned copiously & switched off her telescreen. "Heck!" she vituperated. "War! War! War! Why don't they discover a new planet & lay off Pluto? Why don't they hold an election?" She sat up & considered her toenails. They were lacquered in the newest cerulean tint & neatly engraved. The tasteful pink spirals made her rather dizzy. Suddenly a shadow fell across them. She looked up. A man was hurrying down the street. He wore a worried frown. As Alicia stared after him, he drew a timemachine our of his vest pocket & made an observation. "Oh dear," he wailed, "it's still now! I shall never get there, never!" Alicia sat up very straight. He was going places! She swung a pair of cellophaned legs over the porch rail & landed lightly on the lawn, completely ruining her mother's imported Japanese beetles. "Hey!" she cred. "Wait a minute!" He glanced nervously at her, then turned & hurried on. Alicia followed at top speed. Her O'Sullivan (advt) rocket-heels put wings on her feet. The light on the corner was cerise & the man stopped, wondering what it meant. It went out & he scurried diagonally across the street with Alicia at his heels. She reached out to grab him by the collar. Poof! He vanished into a manhole. In the twinkling of a 7th magnitude Cepheid variable, Alicia followed. The hole went straight down. Alicia was just becoming accustomed to the soothing darkness when it vanished. Ahead of her the manhole blazed with light. She was approaching one of the centers of gravity of the Earth. With a rush she passed it. A layer of molten rock was sandwiched between two slabs of red-hot ice (Copyrite E R Burroughs Inc) By rights they should have been steam down Alicia's spine. The lava was radiating heat so fast probably.** Alicia had studied a chemistry prof in her freshman year at Harvard (advt). ________________________________________ *Referring to the complex non-isothermal equilibrium described by ERB in "At the Earth's Core". **High [pressure?]