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No. 854: Never Let the Buried Orphans Go

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Never Let the Buried Orphans Go

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Strip by: manyhills

T. Rex: My memory of these events is a little hazy—
Caption: a guest comic by Sir Kazuo Ishiguro FRSA FRSL
T. Rex: —I must apologise also for my formal tone.
Dromiceiomimus: It is to be expected from one in your societal role.
T. Rex: Actually Dromi I think I'm a robot in this one
Utahraptor: T-Rex! Your domestic setting is belying an unsettling atmosphere!
T. Rex: It is as you say. I finally recall the full truth behind these occurrences....
T. Rex: ... I remember it from all of the author's other books!

The author writes:

In fairness, if my third crack at the same themes had produced one of the masterworks of twentieth-century English-language fiction, I'd probably decide not to meddle with the formula either.