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THE STAR WARS EMPEROR'S CLUB V.I.P. -- VERY IMPERIAL PALPATINE

Princess Leia -- Gold Slave Bikini -- 7 Death Stars -- 5000 Galactic Credits / hour

Princess Leia -- Hoth Snowsuit -- 3 Death Stars -- 1000 Galactic Credits / hour

Aunt Beru -- Tatooine Rags -- 0 Death Stars -- 5 Galactic Pennies / year

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SUPERHERO LAIR FORECLOSURES

"The Batcave" -- Traditional limestone solutional cave. Over three million years old & loaded with period charm! Only one owner! Incredibly spacious, high ceilings, naturally cool, granite everywhere! No bedrooms, no baths, no kitchen, no heat. Included are giant penny, punch-card computer, fifty years of bat-themed paraphernalia, Soloflex (used) and wry, octogenarian butler.

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W.H. AUDEN'S "FUNERAL BLUES FOR GARY GYGAX"

The dice are not rolling now; bag up every shape,
Put away your helmet and take off your cape,
Pour away the soda and eat the last Funyun;
For life without Gary is forever minus one


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Lev Grossman is a senior writer at TIME. As TIME's book critic he has written profiles of Philip Roth, Tom Wolfe, Joan Didion, Jonathan Franzen, John Updike, John le Carré, Stephenie Meyer, Khaled Hosseini and J.K. Rowling, among many others. The New York Times has called him one of "this country's smartest and most reliable critics." Read more
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