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Killdozer
on the tracks of a monstrous machine

Ralph Harrington
BA (Lond.), MSt (Oxon.), DPhil (Oxon.)

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'Killdozer' - cover of Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944

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1. Bulldozing Granby
2. Killdozer: genesis of a monster
3. The tractors go to war
4. Bulldozers come first
5. Bulldozing battlefields
6. Virtual tank

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Illustration: ‘Killdozer’ - cover of Astounding Science Fiction, November 1944 [source].

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