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Disciples [MultiFormat]
eBook by Gardner Dozois
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eBook Category: Fantasy Nebula Award(R) Nominee
eBook Description: A panhandler spends his day trying to convert people to the true faith, but his own faith (such as it is) will be challenged in ways he could never have imagined. Rhythmic, humorous prose.
eBook Publisher: Fictionwise.com
Fictionwise Release Date: September 2000
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Available eBook Formats [MultiFormat - What's this?]: Adobe Acrobat (PDF) [62 KB], eReader (PDB) [27 KB], Palm Doc (PDB) [14 KB], Rocket/REB1100 (RB) [14 KB], Microsoft Reader (LIT) [36 KB] - PocketPC 1.0+ Compatible, Franklin eBookMan (FUB) [85 KB], hiebook (KML) [60 KB], Sony Reader (LRF) [38 KB], iSilo (PDB) [12 KB], Mobipocket (PRC) [15 KB], Kindle Compatible (MOBI) [42 KB], OEBFF Format (IMP) [24 KB]
Words: 4121
Reading time: 11-16 min.
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... He'd been up to Suburban Station early that
morning, hoping to catch the
shoppers who came in from the suburbs on commuter
trains, but the Hairy
Krishnaites had been there already, out in force in
front of the station, and he
didn't like to compete with other panhandlers,
particularly fucking
groups of them with fucking bongos. The
Krishnaites made him
nervous anyway--with their razor-shaved pates and
their air of panting, puppyish
eagerness, they always reminded him of ROTC second
lieutenants, fresh out of
basic training. Once, in front of the old
Bellevue-Stratford, he'd seen a fight
between a Krishnaite and a Moonie, the two of them
arguing louder and louder,
toe to toe, until suddenly they were beating each
other over the head with thick
packets of devotional literature, the leaflets
swirling loose around them like
flocks of startled birds. …
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