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== [[Literature]] == |
== [[Literature]] == |
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* In the original version of ''[[Podkayne of Mars]]'' by [[Robert Heinlein]], teenage heroine Podkayne says "Do listen please, because this is important. I love--" before she is killed by a bomb blast. However, Heinlein's publisher hated such a downbeat ending to a novel aimed at teens and insisted Heinlein revise the ending to allow Podkayne to live. The most recent editions have included both endings. |
* In the original version of ''[[Podkayne of Mars]]'' by [[Robert Heinlein]], teenage heroine Podkayne says "Do listen please, because this is important. I love--" before she is killed by a bomb blast. However, Heinlein's publisher hated such a downbeat ending to a novel aimed at teens and insisted Heinlein revise the ending to allow Podkayne to live. The most recent editions have included both endings. |
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* This is how {{spoiler|Fred Weasley}} |
* This is how {{spoiler|Fred Weasley}} dies in ''[[Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (novel)|Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows]]'': |
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{{quote|"You're joking, {{spoiler|Perce}}! You actually are joking... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were--"}} |
{{quote|"You're joking, {{spoiler|Perce}}! You actually are joking... I don't think I've heard you joke since you were--"}} |
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** Could be a mild case of [[His Name Is--]] as well, as some readers would have really liked to have heard the rest of that sentence. |
** Could be a mild case of [[His Name Is--]] as well, as some readers would have really liked to have heard the rest of that sentence. |
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