Hi Friends!

Just encountered a quote presumably from "The Goblin Reservation" by Clifford Simak, where certain "quest" is presented:

"It's simple,' shrugged the mayor, pointing to a hill. 'There's a goblin with a grenade launcher settled on that hill, periodically shelling the city. That's basically the problem."

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clifford-simaks-prophetic-vision-goblin-reservation-israels-waizman-sxejf/

But I'm not sure I can trace the original in the texts available to me. Is it from some early / alternative version or just fake?

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On 29/03/24 17:46, RodionGork wrote:

Hi Friends!

Just encountered a quote presumably from "The Goblin Reservation" by
Clifford Simak, where certain "quest" is presented:

"It's simple,' shrugged the mayor, pointing to a hill. 'There's a goblin
with a grenade launcher settled on that hill, periodically shelling the
city. That's basically the problem."

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clifford-simaks-prophetic-vision-goblin-reservation-israels-waizman-sxejf/

But I'm not sure I can trace the original in the texts available to me.
Is it from some early / alternative version or just fake?

No results were found for "grenade" nor "mayor" on my copy.

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On 29/03/2024 15:46, RodionGork wrote:

Hi Friends!

Just encountered a quote presumably from "The Goblin Reservation" by
Clifford Simak, where certain "quest" is presented:

"It's simple,' shrugged the mayor, pointing to a hill. 'There's a goblin
with a grenade launcher settled on that hill, periodically shelling the
city. That's basically the problem."

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/clifford-simaks-prophetic-vision-goblin-reservation-israels-waizman-sxejf/

But I'm not sure I can trace the original in the texts available to me.
Is it from some early / alternative version or just fake?

I'd say it's fake, it didn't stir any memories, and it doesn't sound
like Simak.

So I went and found a searchable copy and the word "grenade" does not
appear, nor, indeed , does "mayor" or "launcher".

Only 57 uses of the word "goblin"...

Fake.

Cheers,
Gary B-)

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Robert Carnegie <[email protected]> wrote:

If you're thinking too early to be Ukraine,
Wikipedia reminds us, correctly or not, that
Russia grabbed Crimea in 2014.

You mean 1783, right?

Of course there was that thing in the 1850s.
--scott
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