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From: firth@sei.cmu.edu (Robert Firth)
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Subject: Re: Earth's one immortal man
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Date: Tue, 25-Nov-86 14:10:14 EST
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In article <655@msudoc.UUCP> beach@msudoc.UUCP (Covert Beach) writes:
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> A couple of days ago I got into a discussion with someone about the
>"Weapon Shops of Isher" by A.E. VanGoght (sp?) and I was reminded about
>a mysterious character who was never explained.  He was only called
>Earth's one immortal man or something like that.  I believe it also said
>he founded the Weapon Shops.  Was this character ever developed in any
>other book or was he just a plot cupon?

The author is A E Van Vogt, and the theme is developed further
in The Weapon Makers.  From these books comes one of my favourite
SF quotations: "The right to bear arms is the right to be free".