Stand well clear, Jo!
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In the Sixties was a short story published in the anthology Twelve Stories.
Plot
A man is waiting at King's Cross station for a train to a spiritual camp up in Wales. At the camp, the man and the other people at the camp are hypnotised by a mystic, who tells them that they have to go back to London and destroy Dr Oho. The man finds himself at Dr Oho's party in his home in Maida Vale, where a public call box was the centre-piece.
Characters
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References
- The baby Paul Magrs dreams of a Master, Sylvia Plath, Stevie Smith, the Cyborg-men, Peter Jones, peculiar lizard men,
- Sloane Square, King's Road,
- Atlantis is mentioned.
- Beyond the Valley of the Dolls was a film.
- An "Iris"
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Notes
- In the Sixties was originally published in the charity anthology Walking in Eternity. When it was reprinted in Twelve Stories, copyright-violating names were changed. The original version is outside the scope of this wiki.
- This story is set on Magrs' date of birth: 12 November 1969.
Continuity
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