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  Science Fiction
  
  Fast Times at
  
  Fairmont
  
  High
  
  By Vernor Vinge
  
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  Fast Times at Fairmont High
  
  _by Vernor Vinge_
  
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  Copyright ©2001 Vernor Vinge
  
  Reprinted from "The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge", Tor Books, 2001
  
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  Fast Times at Fairmont High _by Vernor Vinge_
  
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  Juan kept the little blue pills in an unseen corner of his bedroom. They
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