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Ray Bradbury
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The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. ✨ The Murderer. Short story by Ray Bradbury, 1953.
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The television, that insidious beast, that Medusa which freezes a billion people to stone every night, staring fixedly, that Siren which called and sang and promised so much and gave, after all, so little. ✨ The Murderer. Short story by Ray Bradbury, 1953.

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