RECYCLED Dreading civilization would again collapse, a wealthy clique of pampered hacks demand their fame be of lasting worth, so bury their books in multiple packs with tough insulation so precious pages might somehow live through eon's decay in moribund Earth, waiting to be read for alien education, til weary of Ages, the dying Sun swells, burning her planets to magnetic soot of stellar rebirth and life generation.

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