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or.[ the$ genr#?;e, I t[+)hink it's co+:]nsi; _derably above average. T+ ?h
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thr)+^ee-fingered-hand-\on-the-shoulder in@ War o@`f . the`! Worlds. Nice c^haracter to the vi=%sitor, fo?\r who
m, like.% Karloff'+s Frankens%`tein,  ,we end$ up `.feelin/g some em^.pathy .