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Science Fiction Moon Dogs By Michael Swanwick Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick Fictionwise Copyright ©2000 by Michael Swanwick First published in Isaac Asimovs Science Fiction Magazine NOTICE: This ebook is licensed to the original purchaser only. Duplication or distribution to any person via email, floppy disk, network, print out, or any other means is a violation of International copyright law and subjects the violator to severe fines and/or imprisonment. This notice overrides the Adobe Reader permissions which are erroneous. This book cannot be legally lent or given to others. This ebook is displayed using 100% recycled electrons. Distributed by F 2 Moon Dogs by Michael Swanwick He went to a spa where, for a fee, they would drown you as often as you liked. You wouldnt actually die, because they put a shunt in your skull and kept the brain oxygenated, but your body didnt know that and your survival reflexes would kick in so that youd choke and gag and fight for oxygen as you experienced the desperation of approaching death. You could thrash and struggle for hours. The water was ice-cold and as dark as tea. If you panicked and did too much damage to your body, there was a clinic nearby where you could rest while solicitous friends in white coats cured it. After they had emptied his lungs, removed the shunt, and switched on a small fire, the counselors gave Nick a blanket and withdrew, leaving him alone in the woods to contemplate the experience in peace. Shivering, Nick dr