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A Fall of Moondust by Arthur C. Clarke

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Ted Gioia
Jan 01, 2000
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Who cares about the plot? Obviously not many people in academia . . . I still recall a college professor making fun of me when I complained that our class’s assigned edition of Stendhal contained a plot spoiler on the back cover. “You shouldn’t be so concerned with the plot,” Professor Robinson admonished me.

Decades later, I still care about the plot. L…

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