title: Thomas Kinkade Special Collector's Edition: Nature's Paradise: 2012 Wall Calendar
author: Thomas Kinkade
description: Thomas Kinkade, the celebrated Painter of Light, is the most widely collected artist in the world. His tranquil, light-infused paintings affirm the basic values of family, home, faith in God, and the luminous beauty of nature.
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  **Future Imperfect**
  
   **Keith Laumer**
  
  This is a work of fiction. All the characters and events portrayed in this
  book are fictional, and any resemblance to real people or incidents is purely
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  _Catastrophe Planet_ (aka _The Breaking Earth_ ) was first published by
  Berkley in 1966. "The Walls" was first published in _Amazing,_ March 1963.
  "Cocoon" was first published in _Fantastic,_ December 1962.
  
  "Founder's Day" was first published in _The Magazine of Fantasy &_ _Science
  Fiction,_ July 1966. "Placement Test" was first published in _Amazing,_ July
  1964. "Worldmaster" was first published in _Worlds of_ _Tomorrow,_ November
  1965. "The Day Before Forever" was first published in _The Magazine of Fantasy
  & Science Fiction, _ July 1967.
  
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