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Diamonds Are Forever
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DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER

1. Calling Mamma
2. Meet the Slades
3. Night Movements
4. Echoes of the Present
5. Wealth of History
6. Voices of the Earth
7. Underground Understandings
8. Assault of the Earth
9. Too Little. Too Late?
10. Paging Arne Saknussemm . . .
11. Three-Hour Tour
12. The Road of Nowы
13. Stone and Steel
14. The Sound of Music
15. Some Slight Side-Effects.

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DIAMONDS ARE FOREVER
Eric Flint and Ryk E. Spoor
1. Calling Mamma

"You're getting MARRIED?!"

I had to pull the receiver away from my ear. Father always said if
Mamma was in full voice she could break window glass over in the
next county. "Yes, Mamma. I asked Jodi yesterday and she
accepted."

"Well, that's WONDERFUL!" Another ear-saving reaction. Her
voice shifted to No Nonsense mode. "Now you've put this off long
enough, Clinton Jefferson Slade. You're bringin' that girl home to
meet your family this very week, you hear? I know you can take that
time off if'n you try, in that big fancy job that you're so important at."

When Mamma uses your whole name, there isn't anything for it but
you'd better do as you're told. "Yes, Mamma. It's just . . . Mamma,
she's city."

"Well, now, I know that, boy. What other kind of girl would you be
meetin' in New York? We're not completely uneducated out here,