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   From: michael.stemper@gmail.com   
      
   On 18/09/2023 17.38, WolfFan wrote:   
   > So I was re-reading Asimov recently, and one of the stories was Pate de Foie   
   > Gras, about the goose that laid the golden egg. This is a special goose:   
   > it’s a nuclear reactor. It converts oxygen-18 to iron-56 to gold-197. As   
      
      
   > Any more candidates?   
      
   Would Zelazny's _Lord of Light_ fit into this category? It has what seem to   
   be Hindu (or at least Indian) gods who turn out to just be users of   
   sufficiently   
   advanced technology.   
      
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   Michael F. Stemper   
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