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Second Childhood

by Clifford D. Simak

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Going back 50,000 years in time, opportunists found "Mastodonia" to make millions selling access to their country and its resources. Second Achieving immortality is only half of the problem. The other half is knowing how to live with it once it's been made possible—and inescapable!

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