"Bill Pragnell" <bil### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> "Stephen" <mca### [at] hotmailcom> wrote:
> > Close but no cigar :-)
> >

> > bought the paperback in 1972 or 73. Funnily enough there was not a sheep on
> > the cover.
>
> Okay, final attempt. Google found me this, which appears to be a Japanese
> edition of Philip K Dick's "Lies, Inc". This might also explain why sheep
> were not in evidence.
>
> If that's not it, I'll throw the towel in. :)
>
> Bill
>
> PS I've seen c-beams glitter in the dark off the shoulder of Orion... etc,
> etc.

Well done Bill (not that it was a trade test :-)
This is very similar to what I remember. The image made a lasting impression
on me. I can even remember where I was when I saw it, Lewis's on Argyle
Street in Glasgow.

P. P. S.

I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. The sea on fire under the
flare boom of the Piper Alpha. I watched Tom Melly smoke in the dark near
Putney bridge.

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