Every Science Fiction Book by Jerry Pournelle

The Final Grendel Story! STARBORN & GODSONS

THE LONG-AWAITED CONCLUSION OF THE HEOROT SERIES

FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES

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This is the new art cover by Kurt Miller for STARBORN + GODSONS, the long awaited 3rd book in the Legacy of Heorot series by Jerry Pournelle, Larry Niven and Stephen Barnes.  (It’s the last book Jerry collaborated)

The soldier is wearing the new godson mesh armor and the depiction of this Grendel might keep you up — but no mind–this is a taut work you’ll read until dawn regardless!

THE BEST OF JERRY POURNELLE

15 great stories and essays edited by longtime collaborator John Carr.

Includes Storynight at the Stronghold, the long uncovered epilogue to LUCIFERS HAMMER.

Find out what happened to Gil the Surfer.

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Jerry Pournelle

MAMELUKES

 

…the last work by Jerry Pournelle

THE FINAL NOVEL BY LEGENDARY AUTHOR JERRY POURNELLE, WITH CONTRIBUTIONS FROM NEW YORK TIMES BEST-SELLING AUTHOR DAVID WEBER AND AUTHOR’S SON US NAVY COMMANDER PHILLIP POURNELLE (retired)

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The Janissaries series of military and political-based science fiction novels are set in an interstellar confederation of races, in which humans are a slave race entrusted with military affairs and law enforcement.

BOOK 1

Reluctantly volunteering for a dangerous mission, Captain Rick Galloway and his men are cut off in hostile territory when the CIA pulls out their support, an event that is further complicated when an alien spaceship arrives.

 

 

BOOK 2

For the first few years, Rick Galloway and his band of mercenaries were doing well just to survive. They’d been swept off a hilltop in Africa by a flying saucer and deposited on an alien world where the other inhabitants were human – – but from various and unfriendly periods of history, all collected by flying saucer raids. Rick has faced facts: this place is going to be home, permanently. To create a safe society for themselves and the families they are gradually building, they need to do more than just survive; they must convince the others that a unified, peaceful society is better than a collection of warring tribes. Force would not be Rick’s chosen method of persuasion, but on a planet where the other dominant culture is one brought straight from ancient Rome, force may be the only way.

 

BOOK 3

Kidnapped from Earth as they were about to die in battle, Rick Galloway and his band of mercenaries, like the other human slaves on the planet Tran, will not be missed. Subjects of the Shalnuksi slave masters, they are forced to harvest the priceless drug surinomaz. Now, even as slaves, Earth’s transplanted warriors are locked in battle against each other. But an epoch is ending. As the Demon Star sweeps toward its devastating apex, the slave masters flee the planet to await its annihilation in safety. Soon all life on the planet will cease, leaving it ripe for repopulation.

 


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FOOTFALL #1 New York Times Bestseller

“IT’S NO JOKE, ALIEN ELEPHANTS ARE A SCI-FI HIT”

Just as the movie industry annually releases summer blockbuster films, the publishing industry has its own version of summertime madness.

And science-fiction fans this year are being offered a blockbuster called Footfall — a tale of an alien invasion authored by veteran science-fiction authors Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle.

What makes this alien invasion unique is that the monsters are portrayed as looking like baby elephants.

Why elephants, as opposed to the usual bug-eyed monster?

“Niven can make an alien as dangerous as you like, and without putting fangs on him,” said Pournelle. And Niven did just that, with the aliens — called the “Fithp” — nearly conquering the Earth.

This is the fifth time Niven and Pournelle, who live just 8 miles from each other in Los Angeles, have collaborated on a science-fiction novel. The other four books, including A Mote in God’s Eye and Lucifer’s Hammer, were all best sellers.

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Fiery comet heading towards the Earth

Lucifer’s Hammer (1977)       Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

 

REVIEW

Yep, still a five star read for me. It’s everything a post-apocalyptic book should be, including very realistic. I’ve been reading this book for 25 years and I’ve probably read it 20 times and I’ll read it 20 more. “We control the lightning!”

 


Oath of Fealty(1981)              Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

In the near future, Los Angeles is an all but uninhabitable war zone, racked by crime, violence, pollution and poverty. But above the blighted city, a Utopia has arisen: Todos Santos, a thousand-foot high single-structured city, designed to used state-of-the-art technology to create a completely human-friendly environment, offering its dwellers everything they could want in exchange for their oath of allegiance and their constant surveillance . But there are those who want to see the utopia destroyed, whose answer to tomorrow’s best and brightest hope is mindless violence. And they have just entered Todos Santos. . . .

 

 

 

 

 


Publication Order of Legacy of Heorot Books


STARBORN + GODSONS –” a 5 STAR READ” and “a PAGE TURNER” 

with a special forward by Larry Niven and an insight by Steven Barnes “Working with Giants”

THE LONG-AWAITED CONCLUSION OF THE HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES
Avalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named grendels were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon’s new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the necessities for life. They would survive. They would not survive as a spacefaring people. What they were losing faster than they knew was the ability to get to space. But unbeknownst to the planet-bound humans, something was moving out there in the stars, decelerating at a rate impossible for a natural object. And its destination was Avalon. The most probable origin was Earth’s Solar System. This is a novel of first contact—between the human Starborn and the self-named Godsons who followed on, between the first generation of Avalon born humans and their descendants, and between humans and the almost ineffably alien species native to their new world . . . .

The Legacy of Heorot (1987) Kindle
The Dragons of Heorot aka Beowulf’s Children Kindle
The Secret of Black Ship Island (2012) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
STARBORN & GODSONS (2020) Kindle

Jerry PournellePublication Order of Janissaries Books

Some days it just didn’t pay to be a soldier. Captain Rick Galloway and his men had been talked into volunteering for a dangerous mission—only to be ruthlessly abandoned when faceless CIA higher-ups pulled the plug on the operation. They were cut off in hostile territory, with local troops and their Cuban “advisors” rapidly closing in. And then the alien spaceship landed…

The mercenaries are offered a deal, travel to the stars, to a primitive planet, and fight the enemies of the aliens. Intrigue, danger, and death await.

5 STAR REVIEW  I am a bit royally ticked about this book. See I like it. I’ve liked other books by the writers they have turned out some great science fiction (and science fantasy). Much of it with plenty of action, a lot of it with thought provoking ideas. The book’s great. I sort of stumbled over it after seeing it reviewed and recommended here. Went to the library web-sight and there it was. Hoopla had it in audio all I had to do was download it.  It’s not a totally new idea human soldiers from earth get transported to some other planet or world or universe or whatever and have to make a go of it there. That’s what we got here. the soldiers were about to be slaughtered when they were unexpectedly and against all chance snatched away by aliens to be used as “foreign troops” on a distant world. Like I said not really unique, but this one is done well. it drew me in and held my interest from the beginning.

So why am I ticked off you ask? BECAUSE IT ENDS IN A CLIFFHANGER AND THE LIBRARY DOESN’T HAVE THE NEXT BOOK IN ANY FORM!

Janissaries (1979)  Kindle
Clan and Crown (1982) Kindle
Storms of Victory (1987) Kindle
MAMELUKES  (JANNISARRIES IV) (2020) HARDBACK

Publication Order of Moties Books

THE MOTE IN GODS EYE

An alien probe is discovered, the Navy dispatches two ships to determine whether the aliens pose a threat… Called by Robert A. Heinlein: “Possibly the greatest science fiction novel ever written,” this magnificent exploration of first contact and a truly alien society is a “must read” for science fiction fans.The united ‘Second Empire of Man’ spans vast distances, due to the Alderson Drive which has enabled humans to travel easily between the stars. After an

“As science fiction, one of the most important novels ever published.”
– San Francisco Chronicle

“Possibly the greatest science fiction novel I have ever read.”
– Robert A. Heinlein

GRIPPING HAND

Robert Heinlein called it “possibly the finest science fiction novel I have ever read.” The San Francisco Chronicle declared that “as science fiction, The Mote in God’s Eye is one of the most important novels ever published.” Now Larry Niven and Jerry Pournelle, award winning authors of such bestsellers as Footfall and The Legacy of Heorot, return us to the Mote, and to the universe of Kevin Renner and Horace Bury, of Rod Blaine and Sally Fowler. There, 25 years have passed since humanity quarantined the mysterious aliens known as Moties within the confines of their own solar system. They have spent a quarter century analyzing and agonizing over the deadly threat posed by the only aliens mankind has ever encountered– a race divided into distinct biological forms, each serving a different function. Master, Mediator, Engineer. Warrior. Each supremely adapted to its task, yet doomed by millions of years of evolution to an inescapable fate. For the Moties must breed– or die. And now the fragile wall separating them and the galaxy beyond is beginning to crumble.

The Mote in God’s Eye (1974)  Paperback  Kindle
The Gripping Hand aka The Moat Around Murcheson’s Eye (1993) Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Falkenberg’s Legion Books

For a century, the Americans and Soviets had maintained an uneasy alliance based on the CoDominium, a world order in which no other power or combination of powers could threaten their mutual hegemony. Thus did the Americans and Russians learn to live at peace with each other.

But nothing lasts forever, the CoDominium’s energies are nearly spent, and internal conflicts are ripping it apart. The future belongs to colony worlds like Sparta—if they can survive the death-throes of Earth’s civilization.

To do that they will need men who understand the art of war, men like mercenary commander John Christian Falkenberg, and Lysander, Prince of Sparta, the first Prince of Mercenaries.

SUBWAY TO SUNRISE  Never before seen work from the Pournelle family trunk.  The first work featuring Captain John Christian Falkenberg after a nuclear blast.  A rollicking end-of-the-world and rebuild-society novel of military sci-fi.  Heavy with 60’s references.
SUBWAY TO SUNRISE (1970-2020) KINDLE
Prince of Mercenaries (1989)   Paperback  Kindle
Falkenberg’s Legion (1990)   Paperback  Kindle
Go Tell the Spartans (1991)   Paperback  Kindle
Prince of Sparta (1993)   Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Legacy of Heorot Books

 

STARBORN + GODSONS

THE LONG-AWAITED CONCLUSION OF THE HEOROT SERIES FROM GENRE LEGENDS LARRY NIVEN, JERRY POURNELLE, AND STEVEN BARNES
Avalon was thriving. The cold sleep colonists from Earth had settled on a verdant, livable world. The fast and cunning predators humans named grendels were under control, and the mainland outposts well established. Avalon’s new mainland hydroelectric power station was nearly complete, and when on-line would compensate for the nuclear power systems lost in the Grendel Wars. Humans would have power, and with power came the ability to make all the necessities for life. They would survive. They would not survive as a spacefaring people. What they were losing faster than they knew was the ability to get to space. But unbeknownst to the planet-bound humans, something was moving out there in the stars, decelerating at a rate impossible for a natural object. And its destination was Avalon. The most probable origin was Earth’s Solar System. This is a novel of first contact—between the human Starborn and the self-named Godsons who followed on, between the first generation of Avalon born humans and their descendants, and between humans and the almost ineffably alien species native to their new world . . . .

The Legacy of Heorot (1987) Kindle
The Dragons of Heorot aka Beowulf’s Children Kindle
The Secret of Black Ship Island (2012) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Paul Crane Books–THE RED HEROIN SERIES

RED HEROIN When engineer and army vet Paul Crane agrees to accompany his police officer friend on a night cruise, he never expected a deadly shoot-out would lead to his being recruited in a CIA sting operation involving China and the heroin trade. There is high-voltage suspense from start to finish in this novel by Jerry Pournelle.

Robert A. Heinlein called it “A hell of a good yarn … the most realistic counter-espionage story I’ve read in a long, long time.” Includes a new Afterword by the author.

“A hell of a good yarn … the most realistic counter-espionage story I’ve read in a long, long time.”
– Robert A. Heinlein

 

RED DRAGON
Engineer and vietnam vet Paul Crane finds himself once again recruited by the CIA, this time to pretend he’ll negotiate the sale of classified information on nuclear weapons to Chinese infiltrators. The CIA doesn’t want the FBI to know of this domestic operation, which means Paul is practically on his own in this high-stakes and dangerous game. Sequel to RED HEROIN.
SUBWAY TO SUNRISE
The lost work and the first work of Captain John Christina Falkenberg after a nuclear blast.  A rollicking end-of-the-world and rebuild society novel of military sci-fi.
Red Heroin -1968  Kindle
Red Dragon -1970  Kindle
Subway to Sunrise 1971-2020 Kindle

Publication Order of CoDominium Books

Set in the far future world of humanity’s intergalactic Second Empire, Colonel Nathan MacKinnie, mercenary and former rising star in the Empire’s Navy, is given a secret – and dangerous – assignment by the governor of his home planet Prince Samual’s World. MacKinnie is to accompany the Empire’s Navy ship on a routine trip to the technologically backward planet Makassar and return with some carefully guarded documents that may contain instructions on building a spaceship (technology forbidden by the Empire to Prince Samual’s World).

MacKinnie undertakes this mission of deception and danger to Makassar, with many unexpected consequences. This novel is set in the same universe and approximate time frame as THE MOTE IN GOD’S EYE.

A Spaceship for the King aka King David’s Spaceship (1973) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
West of Honor (1976) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Mercenary (1977) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Jerry PournellePublication Order of Planet Of The Apes Books

20th Century-Fox’s sci-fi adventure Escape from the Planet of the Apes is adapted into a novel by award winning author Jerry Pournelle. The story follows intelligent chimpanzees Cornelius and Zira who are thrown back in time in Tyler’s spaceship to 1973 where they must adapt to a world ruled by humans, and begin to fear for their lives if the humans learn that they’re from Earth’s future and that apes have gained dominion over man. Though based on the film’s screenplay, there are a number of differences; including expanded questioning by the Presidential Commission and more focus on Dr. Victor (instead of Otto) Hasslein plotting against the apes. Pournelle’s writing style is especially good, with a smooth narrative flow and compelling characters. An especially well-crafted novelization, Escape from the Planet of the Apes delivers all of the thrills and intense drama of the film.
Escape from the Planet of the Apes (1973) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of War World Books

The Burning Eye (1988) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Death’s Head Rebellion (1990) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Sauron Dominion (1991) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Invasion (1994) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
CoDominium (1992) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Man-Kzin Books

The Children’s Hour (1991) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Jupiter Books

Higher Education (1996) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Starswarm (1998) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Golden Road Books

The Burning City (2000) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Burning Tower (2005) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Standalone Novels

Birth of Fire (1976)   Paperback  Kindle
Lucifer’s Hammer (1977) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Oath of Fealty (1981) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Footfall (1985) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Fallen Angels (1991) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Short Story Collections

The Future Quartet (1994) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Best of Jerry Pournelle (2019) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Endless Frontier Anthologies

The Endless Frontier (1979) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Endless Frontier, Vol. II (1984) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Cities in Space (1991) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Life Among the Asteroids (1992) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Far Frontiers Anthologies

Far Frontiers (1985) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Far Frontiers 2 (1985) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Far Frontiers 3 (1985) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Far Frontiers 4 (1986) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Far Frontiers 5 (1986) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Far Frontiers 6 (1986) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Far Frontiers 7 (1986) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Imperial Stars Anthologies

The Stars at War (1986) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Republic and Empire (1987) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Crash of Empire (1989) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of There Will Be War Anthologies

There Will Be War, Vol. I (2015) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. II (2015) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. III (2015) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. IV (2015) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. V (2016) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. VI (2016) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. VII (2016) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. VIII (2016) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. IX (2016) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
There Will Be War, Vol. X (2016) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Anthologies

REVIEW OF 2020 VISION

In his preface to “2020 Vision”, Jerry Pournelle explains the driving force behind this collection of short stories. He wanted a focus on realism. It was 1970; he asked the authors to envision life in 2020 as it might actually happen, without invading aliens, parallel universes, or other such far out contrivances. Of course, by doing so he might seem to clamp down on the greatest potential of science fiction, originality. But a sufficiently skilled author should be able to bend reality and our heads while staying with the bounds of the possible. Most of these don’t, however.

Without any doubt, the top story here is Dian Girad’s “Eat, Drink, and be Merry”. By 2020 we’ve grown so health conscious that dieting and exercise routines are enforced by law, and computers monitor the citizens nonstop for signs of unhealthiness. Against this tyranny, one woman wages a humorous battle and achieves a small victory. (Just please ignore Pournelle’s hilariously sexist introduction.) The other flagship story in this collection is Norman Spinrad’s “A Thing of Beauty”, a melancholy look at a future where Japanese industrial giants dominate the world and loot the national treasures of other cultures, even America.

Contributions by Harlan Ellison and Poul Anderson, boring Orwell ripoffs with nothing new to say. Dave McDaniel’s “Prognosis: Terminal” doesn’t seem to have much to say either. Ben Bova’s “Build me a Mountain”, a tale about the politics of space exploration, was prophetic in predicting the collapse of support for exploring the planets, though it lacks some excitement. Rounding out the collection is Larry Niven’s speculation on anarchy, “Cloak of Anarchy”, and A.E. Van Vogt’s “Future Perfect”, where new technology allows the world government to police male sexuality.

2020 Vision- 50th Anniversary Edition (1974) (2020)  Kindle
Black Holes (1978) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Survival of Freedom (1981) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Nebula Award Stories 16 (1982) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The Science Fiction Yearbook (1985) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

 

Publication Order of Non-Fiction Books

That Buck Rogers Stuff–SOON TO BE RE-RELEASED BY CASTALIA PRESS (1977) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Step Farther Out! (1979) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
The User’s Guide to Small Computers (1984) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Mutual Assured Survival (1984) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Adventures in Microland (1985) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Guide to Disc Operating System and Easy Computing (1989) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Pournelle’s PC Communications Bible (1992) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
Windows with an Attitude (1993) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
PC Hardware: The Definitive Guide (2003) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle
1001 Computer Words You Need to Know (2004) Hardcover  Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Inferno Books


After being thrown out the window of his luxury apartment, science fiction writer Allen Carpentier wakes to find himself at the gates of hell. Feeling he’s landed in a great opportunity for a book, he attempts to follow Dante’s road map. Determined to meet Satan himself, Carpentier treks through the Nine Layers of Hell led by Benito Mussolini, and encounters countless mental and physical tortures. As he struggles to escape, he’s taken through new, puzzling, and outlandish versions of sin—recast for the present day.
Inferno (1976) Kindle
Escape from Hell (2009) Paperback  Kindle

Publication Order of Laurie Jo Hansen Books

High Justice begins Jerry Pournelle’s own Future History, a universe which he shared with Larry Niven in their collaborative novel, The Mote in God’s Eye. Here we see, with all the vivid detail for which Pournelle is known, the Fall of the West, and how in its death throes it gave birth to a society that would conquer the stars themselves, as real people battle desperate odds, both for their own survival and for something more – for High Justice.
5 STARS  “A compilation of short stories that have more staying power than most science fiction of its era.”
EXILES TO GLORY  Kevin Senecal was nobody’s hero. All he wanted from life was a professional career, a strong union to protect him, and a comfortable company-owned housing well away from his Welfare Slum origins. As a senior engineering student at Cal Tech, Kevin seemed on the verge of realizing his ambitions, when one night he was attacked by a murderous “youth gant” – and accidentally killed one of them while escaping. That’s when it all changed: “You don’t kill juvies in this town,” the Homicide Detective told him. Suddenly Kevin Senecal was on the Run, and on all of Earth there was no place to hide.
High Justice (1977)  Kindle
Exiles to Glory (1978)  KINDLE

 

13 Replies to “ALL THE WORKS BY JERRY POURNELLE”

  1. Thank you for this! Any info on whatever became of the L-5 society? Asgardia is all I am aware of in that realm right now.

  2. This is an excellent resource. Despite many years of buying Jerry’s books, I can see that I’ve missed a few. That will be remedied in the coming years, as I have opportunity.

  3. This webpage appears to be complete. There is a link with the exact same name (ALL THE WORKS BY JERRY POURNELLE) at the end of the menu bar opposite “Home” that goes somewhere else. That page is incomplete as it is missing major works.

      1. I followed the link to make a contribution but it appears to be no longer an option.

        I would like to purchase a copy of Subway to Sunrise somehow.

  4. This should fill the holes in my collection, thank you.
    I started Reading Jerry Pournelle in 1973 when, at 13, I started reading Analog Magazine. I still have the May and June 1973 copies of Analog with ‘Sword and Scepter,’ which later became ‘The Mercenary.’

  5. Just Discovered Jerry Pournelle’s stories and am a huge fan! Started with West of Honor, and then The Mote in God’s Eye, and just finished Exiles to Glory. Now reading The Mercenary, but I really like the setup that ended with Exiles…is there a story that details what happens upon c4’s delivery to earth and the fusion revolution that creates the Alderson Drive etc.. Thanks!!

  6. I have a question: Back in the 1980s I remember reading an excerpt of the original opening to “Mote In God’s Eye” in one of Jerry’s anthologies. There was some commentary with it about readers/fans reacting to his postulated Empire of Man. Jerry’s comment was along the lines of, “Do we think it’s inevitable? Of course not. Do we think it’s desirable? We don’t have to say. Do we think it’s POSSIBLE? Damn straight.”
    I’m trying to properly source that quote, but I can’t recall the title of the work it was published in; only that I read it in the 1985-88 time frame. Can someone assist?

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