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Triumph and Disaster

The Space Olympics

By A. M. Lightner  

27 Dec, 2020

Because My Tears Are Delicious To You

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A.M. Lightner’s 1967’s The Space Olympics is a standalone juvenile-SF novel. 

Herding merinolas1 with his dog Wolf has allowed young Tyros Vann to spend a lot of time throwing things for his dog to retrieve. This hobby makes Tyros of considerable interest to Barnum Winkle, space trader. Winkle has a dream, a dream to which young people like Tyros could be the key.

It all has to do with the brand-new Space Olympics.


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