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Thog’s Masterclass. Tripodal. ‘Asman Ila indicated a small three-legged stool with a delicate gesture. It tipped alarmingly when Bardas sat on it; one leg was markedly shorter than the others.’ (K.J. Parker, The Proof House, 2000) [BA]
• Avatars of Klono. ‘“By Malgarth’s brazen bowels,” gasped Rogo Nug, “we’re stuck like flies in syrup!”’ (Jack Williamson, After World’s End, 1939) [AR]
• Eyeballs in the Sky. ‘His eyes bounced from the white coat.’ (Philip Wylie, Night Unto Night, 1944) [BA]
• The Empirical Approach, or the secret of surviving without a space helmet on a ‘small meteor’ orbiting Saturn: ‘Air, you say! Air on a meteor like that! Do you call yourself an astronomer? If so, you show your ignorance by such questioning! Yet at least something that served my purposes of breathing was there and that I am here alive to tell it must be your proof.’ (Ray Cummings, The Man on the Meteor, 1924) [AR]