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  • The Dome was sphere-shaped, and if he should begin to slide, his course would be, not to the point from which he had started and where the Saddle would catch him, but off to the south toward Little Yosemite.

    DUTCH COURAGE 2010

  • While driving to Petare, the two witnesses spotted a glowing sphere-shaped object about ten feet in diameter that nearly blocked the road.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

  • While driving to Petare, the two witnesses spotted a glowing sphere-shaped object about ten feet in diameter that nearly blocked the road.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

  • While driving to Petare, the two witnesses spotted a glowing sphere-shaped object about ten feet in diameter that nearly blocked the road.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

  • While driving to Petare, the two witnesses spotted a glowing sphere-shaped object about ten feet in diameter that nearly blocked the road.

    Space Ships of the Visitors Kevin Randle 2000

  • Prof. Haggard-Rhodan's 'old' friend who is biologically young Marshal Freyt-Becomes involved in a 'grave' affair Dr. Jamison-One of 3 medicos concerned about ELLERT'S RETURN Ras Tschubai-The Afroterranian teleporter Col. Baldur Sikerman-Commander of the Dr.sus Tompetch-Communications officer on board the Dr.sus Lt. Rambos-A Dr.uf troop commander Harno-The sphere-shaped teleview creature with a universal eye THROUGH TIME and SPACE and HADES!

    Ernst Ellert Returns Ernsting, Walter 1975

  • "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," thought Helva as they propelled themselves toward a sphere-shaped area, surrounded by unanchored lumps of a dead black substance, framed by enormous breathing fronds.

    the ship who sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • "That which we call a rose by any other name would smell as sweet," thought Helva as they propelled themselves toward a sphere-shaped area, surrounded by unanchored lumps of a dead black substance, framed by enormous breathing fronds.

    The Ship Who Sang McCaffrey, Anne, 1926- 1969

  • A second large group is that of which the Melon and Hedgehog Cactuses are good representatives, which have sphere-shaped stems, covered with stout spines.

    Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation W. Watson

  • The stem is almost sphere-shaped, from 4 in. to 6 in. high, the tuberculated ridges about ¼ in. deep, and upon each tubercle is a tuft of about a dozen brown, radiating spines, with a long central one hooked at the point.

    Cactus Culture for Amateurs Being Descriptions of the Various Cactuses Grown in This Country, With Full and Practical Instructions for Their Successful Cultivation W. Watson

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