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![“And [Asimov]'ll sign anything, hardbacks, softbacks, other people's books, scraps of paper. Inevitably someone handed him a blank check on the occasion when I was there, and he signed that without as much as a waver to his smile — except that he signed: 'Harlan Ellison.” quote by Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/q/i/5fb/isaac-asimov-309_asimov_and-asimov-ll-sign-anything-hardbacks-so_2858768.jpg)
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