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There Used To Be This Country Called The Soviet Union; It's Not There Anymore. Our Technology Was Better Than Theirs.

Helicopters Don't Fly, They Vibrate So Badly The Ground Rejects Them.

People Live Longer Today Than They Ever Have. They Live Happier Lives, Have More Knowledge, More Information. All This Is The Result Of Communications Technology. How Is Any Of That Bad?

Keep At It! The One Talent That's Indispensable To A Writer Is Persistence. You Must Write The Book, Else There Is No Book. It Will Not Finish Itself. Do Not Try To Commit Art. Just Tell The Damned Story.

Well, It's A Communist Country, And The Communists Do Not Reward Personal Initiative...except By Execution.