{"_id":"6865e7e0e8ae8497fab1bb6b","title":"A Flask of Fine Arcturan","author":"C. C. MacApp","code":"a-flask-of-fine-arcturan","publish_year":1965,"publish_source":"Galaxy Magazine","publish_edition":"Vol. 23, No. 3","publish_scan":"https://archive.org/details/Galaxy_v23n03_1965-02/page/n79/mode/2up","words":2335,"image":"pencils.jpg","image_alt":"Several wooden pencils. Graphite filter.","genres":["sci-fi","quirky"],"description":"Two department of an interstellar business argue over the apparently absurd requisition for half a million basic lead pencils.","blurb":"“Also ask him to explain to you why my reason for wanting the pencils is none of your damned business. As for the sharpeners, I want them to sharpen the pencils with.”","rating":3,"has_review":false,"has_collections":false}