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    Structural Defect
    Structural Defect
    Structural Defect
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    Structural Defect

    By Robert F. Young

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    Looking for a bluebird in that perfectly laid-out utopian suburb was not always quite as easy as the blueprints had provided—in fact it was rather the reverse!

    Robert F. Young was a Hugo nominated author known for his lyrical and sentimental prose. His work appeared in Amazing Stories, Fantastic Stories, Startling Stories, Playboy, The Saturday Evening Post, Collier’s, Galaxy Magazine, and Analog Science Fact & Fiction.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherWilder Publications, Inc.
    Release dateJul 17, 2020
    ISBN9781515446026
    Structural Defect

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      Structural Defect - Robert F. Young

      Structural Defect

      by Robert F. Young

      ©2020 Positronic Publishing

      Structural Defect is a work of fiction. Names, characters, businesses, organizations, places, events and incidents are either the products of the author’s imagination or are used fictitiously. Any resemblance to actual persons, living or dead, events, locales or institutions is entirely coincidental.

      All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner without written permission except for brief quotations for review purposes only.

      ISBN 13: 978-1-5154-4602-6

      Structural Defect

      Looking for a bluebird in that perfectly laid-out utopian suburb was not always quite as easy as the blueprints had provided—in fact it was rather the reverse!

      Sparrows had moved into the bluebird house again, and this time Melray really was annoyed.

      Everything else in the bright little garden managed to perform its intended function efficiently enough: the

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