<div dir="ltr"><div>It may be "Green Patches" written by Azimov in Galaxy's 11/50 issue.</div><div><br></div><div>Thanks,</div><div>Kyle</div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><span style="color:rgb(34,34,34);font-family:tahoma,sans-serif">~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</span><br></div>Kyle Bartoszek<div>Programming Specialist</div><div><br><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><img width="200" height="116" src="https://ci3.googleusercontent.com/mail-sig/AIorK4xdf_e04sQWMrhBX8rErUDfhpU1iRbDfnSC1fk3jgXn21OS9P7GZMjrWgt4HMUyxFYHo98FeDE" style="color:rgb(32,33,36)"><br></div></div><div style="color:rgb(34,34,34)"><font face="tahoma, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><br></div><div><br></div></div></div></div><br></div><br><div class="gmail_quote gmail_quote_container"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Wed, Dec 4, 2024 at 11:02 AM Jesse Cornea via Michlib-l <<a href="mailto:michlib-l@mcls.org">michlib-l@mcls.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>Hello!</div><div><br></div><div>I was hoping to get some help answering a reference question for a patron that has stumped me. They are looking for a short story that was most likely published in the 1950s or 1960s. It is science fiction and is about a planet that humans land on, where the planet is controlled by a plant named "the core." She said it is about 5 pages long. It was most likely published in an anthology or magazine. </div><div><br></div><div>At first I thought it might be "Vaster than Empires and More Slow" but that doesn't refer to the plant entity by name and was published in the 1970s. </div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div>Many thanks in advance!</div><div><br></div><div><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125)"><font face="Arial, sans-serif"><b>Jesse Cornea</b></font></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="color:rgb(31,73,125);font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;font-size:9pt">Library Associate</span><br></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Brandon Twp Public Library</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">304 South Street</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">Ortonville MI 48462</span><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">248-627-1461</span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><span style="font-size:9pt;font-family:Verdana,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)"><br></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="background-image:initial;background-position:initial;background-repeat:initial"><b><i><span style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;color:rgb(31,73,125)">ENGAGE • EDUCATE • ENRICH • EMPOWER</span></i></b></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>
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