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  <h1>The Whispering Earring</h1>
  
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[Author's Follow-Up Note](https://web.archive.org/web/20121007235422/http://squid314.livejournal.com/333168.html) - worth the read!

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  <h1>The Gentle Seduction</h1>
  
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  <h1>The Fable of the Dragon-Tyrant</h1>
  
  <a href="https://nickbostrom.com/papers/the-fable-of-the-dragon-tyrant/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">nickbostrom.com/papers/the-fable-of-the-dragon-tyrant</a>
  
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  <h1>We Made a Mistake</h1>
  
  <a href="https://suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2008/2911901/" target="_blank" rel="noopener">suptg.thisisnotatrueending.com/archive/2008/2911901</a>
  
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  <h1>April 2006 Message From Dan - The Time Traveller</h1>
  
  <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20060411154321/http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message.htm" target="_blank" rel="noopener">web.archive.org/web/20060411154321/http://www.dansimmons.com/news/message.htm</a>
  
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  <h1>MMAcevedo</h1>
  
  <a href="https://qntm.org/mmacevedo" target="_blank" rel="noopener">qntm.org/mmacevedo</a>
  
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  <h1>The Road Not Taken</h1>
  
  <a href="https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/17334188-the-road-not-taken" target="_blank" rel="noopener">www.goodreads.com/book/show/17334188-the-road-not-taken</a>
  
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