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Lest Darkness Fall

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    Sprague de Camp’s novel Lest Darkness Fall (1941) has an American archaeologist rescuing Imperial Rome in its decline, an act the hero carries out with such luminous attention to techno-historical detail that it resembles a World Bank bailout of an underdeveloped country. In Stephen King’s 11/22/63 (2011; television series…

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