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But, as he walked home, he was struck by the parallel between the buccaneers of the West Indies and the space pirates in the days of the dissolution of the First Galactic Empire, in the Tenth Century of the Interstellar Era. He hadn't been too clear on that period, and he found new data rising in his mind; he hurried his steps, almost running upstairs to his room. It was long after midnight before he had finished the notes he had begun on his return home. BUT AS HE WALKED HOME HE WAS STRUCK BY THE PARALLEL BETWEEN THE BUCCANEERS OF THE WEST INDIES AND THE SPACE PIRATES IN THE DAYS OF THE DISSOLUTION OF THE FIRST GALACTIC EMPIRE IN THE TENTH CENTURY OF THE INTERSTELLAR ERA HE HADN'T BEEN TOO CLEAR ON THAT PERIOD AND HE FOUND NEW DATA RISING IN HIS MIND HE HURRIED HIS STEPS ALMOST RUNNING UPSTAIRS TO HIS ROOM IT WAS LONG AFTER MIDNIGHT BEFORE HE HAD FINISHED THE NOTES HE HAD BEGUN ON HIS RETURN HOME
nother book, to occupy his mind. After lunch, he found that more data on the period immediately before the Thirty Days' War was coming into his consciousness. He resolutely suppressed it, knowing as he did that it might never come to him again. That evening, too, he cooked dinner for himself at his apartment, and laid out his class-work for the next day. He'd better not stay in, that evening; too much temptation to settle himself by the living-room fire with his pipe and his notepad and indulge in the vice he had determined to renounce. After a little debate, he decided upon a movie; he put on again the suit he had taken off on coming home, and went out. * * * * * The picture, a random choice among the three shows in the neighborhood, was about Seventeenth Century buccaneers; exciting action and a sound-track loud with shots and cutlass-clashing. He let himself be drawn into it completely, and, until it was finished, he was able to forget both the college and the history of the future.  PART THREE OF THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE THIS IS A LIVERPOX RECORDING ALL LIVERPOX RECORDINGS ARE IN THE PUBLIC DOMAIN FOR MORE INFORMATION OR TO VOLUNTEER PLEASE VISIT LIVERBOX DOT ORK RECORDING BY JOYO MARQUINI THE EDGE OF THE KNIFE BY H BING PIPER PART THREE THE PICTURE A RANDOM CHOICE AMONG THE THREE SHOWS IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD WAS ABOUT SEVENTEENTH CENTURY BUCCANEERS EXCITING ACTION AND A SOUND TRACK LOUD WITH SHOTS AND CUTLASS CLASHING HE LET HIMSELF BE DRAWN INTO IT COMPLETELY AND UNTIL IT WAS FINISHED HE WAS ABLE TO FORGET BOTH THE COLLEGE AND THE HISTORY OF THE FUTURE
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