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     THE BRAVE LITTLE TOASTER GOES TO MARS
           BY THOMAS M. DISCH

Populuxe is a trademark owned by Thomas Hine, and used in this book
with him permission.

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               Disch, Thomas M.
  The Brave Little Toaster goes to Mars / by Thomas M. Disch: 1st ed.

 Summary: A group of angry appliances, having fled to Mars to avoid
  becoming obsolete, now plans to take over the Earth, unless the
       Brave Little Toaster can stop the invasion.

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        Text copyright (C) 1988 by Thomas M. Disch
             ALL RIGHTS RESERVED
      PRINTED IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
                FIRST EDITION

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         A NOTE TO THE READER

Some parts of this book are fiction, but Albert Einstein really
did invent and patent a hearing aid with his friend Rudolph
Goldschmidt, and even wrote a little poem to him about
their collaboration. He also took out a patent on a refrigera-
tor with Leo Szilard. So that part is all true, but if you want
more than my word for it, you can find out all about Ein-
stein's patents in a book by Abraham Pais called “Subtle Is
the Lord ...” The Science and Life of Albert Einstein,

which will also explain the Theory of Relativity in great
detail (but to understand that part of the book you should
study calculus first).
  The name “Popluxe” was coined by thewriter Thomas
Hine, who wrote a whole book, called Populuxe, to explain
what he means by it. It's a beautiful word that describes a
beautiful period in American history, from 1954 to 1964, a
time that may well have been the Golden Age of Appliances.
So when I had to think of an imaginary brand name for a
whole line of appliances, “Populuxe” seemed the perfect
choice, and I'd like to thank Thomas Hine for thinking it up.

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                    ─── the refrig-
erator said. “That, after all, is why, on election day, I felt I
had to vote for you.”

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