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On the next two pages, fill in as many Answers to the Clues as possible. Then transfer each letter to the numbered square in the Quotation Grid below. A word can wrap around to the next lower line of the Grid. When completed, the Grid will spell out a passage from a famous sci-fi novel. The last three words of the Grid are the name of the quotation's speaker. In addition, the first letters of the Answers (reading down) will spell out the author and title of the book.
U 1 | L 2 | G 3 | V 4 | F 5 | X | D 6 | B 7 | V 8 | I 9 | X | F 10 | P 11 | I 12 |
C 13 | Q 14 | E 15 | T 16 | X | S 17 | N 18 | W 19 | R 20 | K 21 | M 22 | L 23 | C 24 | X |
A 25 | E 26 | P 27 | S 28 | N 29 | R 30 | C 31 | O 32 | T 33 | I 34 | Q 35 | X | T 36 | N 37 |
Q 38 | F 39 | O 40 | W 41 | X | M 42 | L 43 | X | F 44 | D 45 | J 46 | X | V 47 | W 48 |
P 49 | A 50 | J 51 | T 52 | R 53 | X | I 54 | V 55 | X | E 56 | Q 57 | C 58 | X | O 59 |
V 60 | E 61 | T 62 | L 63 | C 64 | F 65 | A 66 | X | B 67 | H 68 | O 69 | X | C 70 | N 71 |
Q 72 | X | E 73 | R 74 | O 75 | D 76 | H 77 | C 78 | V 79 | M 80 | G 81 | W 82 | K 83 | H 84 |
X | Q 85 | J 86 | B 87 | D 88 | U 89 | I 90 | O 91 | N 92 | A 93 | V 94 | L 95 | X | F 96 |
T 97 | X | W 98 | O 99 | Q 100 | X | D 101 | A 102 | L 103 | G 104 | S 105 | T 106 | R 107 | V 108 |
X | C 109 | F 110 | X | S 111 | A 112 | P 113 | X | O 114 | J 115 | C 116 | T 117 | I 118 | D 119 |
X | P 120 | U 121 | I 122 | B 123 | T 124 | X | T 125 | H 126 | G 127 | E 128 | R 129 | Q 130 | X |
O 131 | B 132 | T 133 | K 134 | N 135 | H 136 | G 137 | C 138 | X | N 139 | V 140 | J 141 | X | U 142 |
W 143 | X | S 144 | V 145 | T 146 | A 147 | X | K 148 | H 149 | A 150 | O 151 | C 152 | X | J 153 |
E 154 | T 155 | X | C 156 | R 157 | I 158 | F 159 | K 160 | X | E 161 | X | H 162 | I 163 | L 164 |
O 165 | Q 166 | X | C 167 | V 168 | L 169 | R 170 | J 171 | O 172 | X | T 173 | P 174 | X | E 175 |
R 176 | U 177 | X | B 178 | V 179 | H 180 | C 181 | S 182 | M 183 | Q 184 | T 185 | B 186 | A 187 | G 188 |
U 189 | J 190 | X | F 191 | Q 192 | N 193 | J 194 | X | A 195 | Q 196 | P 197 | B 198 | X | D 199 |
E 200 | K 201 | W 202 | C 203 | H 204 | L 205 | N 206 | A 207 | X | X | I 208 | T 209 | L 210 | E 211 |
X | C 212 | D 213 | F 214 | X | W 215 | C 216 | O 217 | D 218 | H 219 | U 220 | J 221 | G 222 | X |
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A) A.B. Akers' Savanti pawn in "Transit To Scorpio" (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 187 | | 150 | | 25 | | 195 | | 102 | | 147 | | 66 | | 207 | | 93 | | 112 | | 50 |
B) Characters in Arthur C. Clarke's "2060" (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 132 | | 178 | | 198 | | 7 | | 87 | | 67 | | 186 | | 123 |
C) Harry Harrison's Slippery Jim (3 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 156 | | 31 | | 64 | | 109 | | 24 | | 212 | | 203 | | 138 | | 152 | | 167 | | 70 | | 181 | | 58 | | 216 | | 13 | | 116 | | 78 |
D) Orson Welles radio role (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 218 | | 119 | | 88 | | 101 | | 45 | | 199 | | 76 | | 213 | | 6 |
E) Physicist portrayed by Harpo Marx in "The Story of Mankind" (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 128 | | 26 | | 211 | | 161 | | 73 | | 175 | | 15 | | 200 | | 56 | | 154 | | 61 |
F) Spock trait (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 214 | | 191 | | 110 | | 44 | | 5 | | 159 | | 96 | | 65 | | 39 | | 10 |
G) Female diplomat in Le Guin's "Left Hand of Darkness" (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 104 | | 188 | | 137 | | 3 | | 81 | | 127 | | 222 |
H) Spectral reduction (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 219 | | 126 | | 136 | | 77 | | 204 | | 84 | | 180 | | 149 | | 162 | | 68 |
I) Jherek Carnelian's mother in "Dancer at the End of Time" (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 158 | | 12 | | 122 | | 34 | | 54 | | 208 | | 118 | | 163 | | 90 | | 9 |
J) Life support device for Gowachin offspring (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 194 | | 86 | | 153 | | 190 | | 46 | | 115 | | 171 | | 141 | | 51 | | 221 |
K) Buck Rogers creator (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 134 | | 21 | | 148 | | 160 | | 201 | | 83 |
L) Brown progeny in reverse order (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 2 | | 205 | | 169 | | 43 | | 23 | | 210 | | 63 | | 165 | | 103 | | 95 |
M) Glori - - - - , Little Orphan Annie expression (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 80 | | 183 | | 22 | | 42 |
N) H.P. Lovecraft town in "The Colour Out of Space" (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 135 | | 18 | | 92 | | 206 | | 29 | | 139 | | 37 | | 193 | | 71 |
O) Alfred Bester's Oedipus opus (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 151 | | 91 | | 131 | | 164 | | 59 | | 32 | | 114 | | 99 | | 40 | | 69 | | 172 | | 217 | | 75 |
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P) Christopher Marlowe's anti-hero (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 174 | | 11 | | 197 | | 27 | | 120 | | 113 | | 49 |
Q) Sterling Lanier's telepathic priest, companion of Klootz the moose (2 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 57 | | 14 | | 85 | | 38 | | 196 | | 130 | | 100 | | 35 | | 184 | | 166 | | 72 | | 192 |
R) Hard vacuum or cinematic special effect, e.g. (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 176 | | 53 | | 129 | | 20 | | 74 | | 157 | | 30 | | 170 | | 107 |
S) Japanese island chain (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 182 | | 111 | | 17 | | 105 | | 144 | | 28 |
T) Famous administrative department relevant to this puzzle (3 words)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 125 | | 146 | | 52 | | 106 | | 133 | | 155 | | 33 | | 97 | | 16 | | 185 | | 36 | | 173 | | 117 | | 209 | | 62 | | 124 |
U) Butler's anti-technology utopia (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 220 | | 89 | | 1 | | 177 | | 121 | | 142 | | 189 |
V) Thomas Disch dystopian anthology (3 words, with "The")
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 8 | | 140 | | 79 | | 179 | | 108 | | 145 | | 55 | | 94 | | 60 | | 4 | | 168 | | 47 |
W) Wyndham plague (1 word)
| ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ | | ___ |
| 98 | | 202 | | 48 | | 143 | | 215 | | 82 | | 41 | | 19 |
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