Referent
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Referent by Ray Bradbury - The Life of a child genius was no fun, but Roby couldn't escape it-until a falling star taught him how to rebel! Roby Morrison fidgeted. Walking in the tropical heat he heard the wet thunder of waves on the shore. There was a green silence on Orthopedic Island. It was the year 1997, but Roby did not care. All around him was the garden where he prowled, all ten years of him. This was Meditation Hour. Beyond the garden wall, to the north, were the High I.Q. Cubicles where he and the other boys slept in special beds. With morning they popped up like bottle-corks, dashed into showers, gulped food, and were sucked down vacuum-tubes half across the island to Semantics School. Then to Physiology. After Physiology he was blown back underground and released through a seal in the great garden wall to spend this silly hour of meditative frustration, as prescribed by the island Psychologists. Roby had his opinion of it. "Damned silly." Today, he was in furious rebellion. He glared at the sea, wishing he had the sea's freedom to come and go. His eyes were dark, his cheeks flushed, his small hands twitched nervously. Somewhere in the garden a chime vibrated softly. Fifteen more minutes of meditation. Huh! And then to the Robot Commissary to stuff his dead hunger as taxidermists stuff birds.
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Bradbury, R., & Miller, S. (2024). Referent. Unabridged. [United States], Findaway Voices.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Bradbury, Ray and Scott, Miller. 2024. Referent. [United States], Findaway Voices.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Bradbury, Ray and Scott, Miller, Referent. [United States], Findaway Voices, 2024.
MLA Citation (style guide)Bradbury, Ray, and Scott Miller. Referent. Unabridged. [United States], Findaway Voices, 2024.
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| title | Referent |
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| series | Lost Sci-Fi |
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| publisher | Findaway Voices |
| price | 0.69 |
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| duration | 25m 0s |
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| dateLastUpdated | Sep 26, 2024 04:14:02 AM |
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| Last File Modification Time | Aug 01, 2024 10:24:39 PM |
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| Last Grouped Work Modification Time | Sep 26, 2024 06:11:02 PM |
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