The inimitable McPhee returns with this collection of ten pieces, which range in subject from a toy silk parachute, lacrosse, weird foods, geology, and the U.S. Open golf championship.
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Angry robots! Aren't they all? Well, not the line of fine science fiction and fantasy books that comes to readers under the rubric Angry Robot. In fact, their offerings…
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