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Which of these novels is considered an important precursor to science fiction

There is nothing miniscule about our --let alone our universe.

Read this excerpt from the grapes of wrath: snub-nosed monsters, raising the dust and sticking theirsnouts into it, straight down the country, across thecountry through fences, through dooryards, and in and outof gullies in straight lineswhich best describes the tone in this passage