Letter (Astounding, October 1945): I'll Bet a Goodly Number Got Incinerated for Making Predictions, Though. Wrong Predictions Annoy Potentates.

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Overview:

Title: Letter (Astounding, October 1945): I'll Bet a Goodly Number Got Incinerated for Making Predictions, Though. Wrong Predictions Annoy Potentates.
Author: L. Sprague de Camp
Year: 1945
Type: Essays
Series: Letters: L. Sprague de Camp

Editions/Publications:

Unknown. Astounding Science Fiction, October 1945 (Unknown, L. Sprague de Camp, Street & Smith Publications, Inc., $0.25, 180 pages, digest, MAGAZINE)

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