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He tottered forward into the drag of the Venusian ocean, caught himself. e do with its appointments? Birds flew up occasionally in swooping flocks, careful to avoid his path. The men here were all sunburned and most wore long braided black hair. ____, “Zoo Team,” Analog, November.

“But I missed that part. The people who scurried by overhead greeted each other volubly and laughed at the awkwardness of squeezing past each other in opposite directions. What I’m doing. Third day on the job, and the sun-dappled, ozonated pseuodoforested environment felt as stale as an old gym bag (there was, in fac