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[Warning: May contain sarcasm.] Not to take a side in the struggle between Merril et al.’s New Wave and more traditional science fiction and fantasy, but… One may admire the artistry of the stories in anthologies like England Swings SF, even if one eventually tires of the pessimistic tone taken by such young scamps as Ellison, Spinrad, and Ballard. Why can’t these authors be more like their venerable predecessors? Here are five instances of the sunnily optimistic science fiction that exemplified the genre in the days before the younger set decided to indulge in such gloomy literary pro...

Side. and i grabbed it and i grabbed my firearm and i shot him one time. >> in multiple recorded interviews zimmerman never tells police that trayvon martin ever touched his gun. dna testing seems to agree, there was no trace of trayvon mart martin's dna on the gun's grip. 'cutors list ossterman's book with zimmerman's conflicting account as potential evidence possibly to challenge zimmerman's credibility. as for his connection to the gun zimmerman was carrying, osterman says it's hard to answer the question, does he feel regret. >> he didn't have it to go out and commit a crime of hunting som...

Want to give you a little background on ossterman. he's his best friend. here's a little bit more about him. this is from david mattingly. >> reporter: when george zimmerman was worried about an aggressive neighborhood dog, he bought a gun and went to his friend, david ossterman. >> once you get married, he changed his perspective in life and that he was not responsible just for himself but his wife. >> ossterman helped zimmerman weigh the prois and cons on how to choose the gun. it was easy to conceal and carry. acting on osterman's advice, zimmerman carried it everywhere. >> always. he carri...

Reason for doing that, if it was on your person, it can't be anywhere else. >> reporter: it was on his person the night he encountered trayvon martin. he told osterman how he grabbed it during the fight. >> according to what he told me, when the head bashing on the concrete stopped and trayvon reached for the firearm that was at his side, grabbed ahold of it. >> reporter: osterman quoted it in a book. somehow i broke his handle on the gun. i got the gun in my hand, raised it towards the guy's chest and pulled the trigger. and this is where the problem lies for george zimmerman because comments...