        The book was a bit of an oddity, since it appeared to have been printed using Reinasssance technology, but perhaps that was just a trend for them.  Retro was popular enough in America, anyway.  His first fridge had been a stainless steel monstrosity, replaced by an avocado-green eyesore, then a dull beige unit, and now stainless steel was back in.  He could have made a fortune if he’d kept his Frigidaire.  They probably just typed in some text in their language, had the computer translate it into every different race’s language that they knew, and hit the print button.  They’d probably changed the text around the ruling one, in case he actually could read their language.  Perhaps it had been a political poster.  He snickered, wondering what they’d think if he showed them a picture that said “Nixon’s the One” underneath.