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3rd Rock From the Sun volume 3
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English
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High school's over for Tommy, so he decides it's time to follow Jack Kerouac's lead and hit the road. Dick and Mary go to the movies with Sally and Don and then go to dinner. While discussing the sexy movie they've just seen, Dick and Sally begin to rave about how wonderful their respective partners are in bed.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 20
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English
Description
When Don reminds Dick that his birthday is May 5, Dick orders the other aliens to throw him a surprise party. Dick invites his class and makes it clear that the gifts he receives could easily affect their grades. Dick is approached by Charlotte who first claims to be a housewife auditing his class but then reveals herself to be a reporter working on a story about greatness.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 13
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English
Description
Dick has erotic fantasies about Nina, which he foolishly tells Mary about. Mary is furious with Dick and noticeably upset with Nina as well. When Nina wonders what's going on, Dick confesses his fantasies, which disgust Nina and further fuels the tension between her and Mary.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 5
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English
Description
Dick arrives at the doctor's office to take his first physical but gets frightened and leaves before it starts. Dick tells the other aliens, who are getting ready for their Halloween festivities, that he couldn't go through with the physical.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 9
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English
Description
When Mary invites Dick to accompany her on an archeological dig, he eagerly accepts; he's seen "Raiders of the Lost Ark," so he knows how exciting and dangerous archeology can be.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 14
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English
Description
Mary confides to Dick that Chancellor Stevens seems to be avoiding her, while both Dick and Mary observe that he's spending a lot of time with Judith. When Mary doesn't get the memo about a re-scheduled meeting, she is even more apprehensive about what's going on.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 13
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English
Description
The aliens and Mrs. Dubcek start feuding because she won't get their plumbing fixed and they won't pay their rent. When Sally tells Don that she wishes someone would get her out of the apartment, he thinks she wants him to propose.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 6
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English
Description
Dick is perplexed when he finds that his clothes no longer fit, but it's apparent to everyone else that he's gained a significant amount of weight. Nina tells him that he's probably eating to fill the void left by Mary.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 8
Language
English
Description
Dick and Mary attend a charity auction benefiting an orphanage. Dick, caught up in the way the winning bidders are applauded and congratulated, outbids Strudwick for an expensive item.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 19
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English
Description
It finally dawns on Dick, Harry and Tommy that their apartment has become a wreck since Sally moved out. They suggest to Sally that she still might like to do their cleaning, but she wants no part of it. When Dick asks Mary to clean for them, she refuses, but she does give him the phone number of Cathy, her maid.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 17
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English
Description
The aliens decide that they need to be a two-car family, so Sally, Harry and Tommy go shopping. Sally sees a Viper and falls in love; she must have it, even though it's way out of their price range. While standing in line at the movie theater, Dick meets Anita, a woman who immediately begins coming on to him.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 12
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English
Description
When Mary tells Dick that she wants some time apart from him, he thinks it's all over between them until Nina explains that taking time apart is what healthy couples do.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 3
Language
English
Description
Dick's baffled that Mary's still upset about his having a wife; he's moved on, so why can't she? But they're both guilty of indulging in a few practical jokes for revenge.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 3
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English
Description
With Mary's promotion to dean, Dick soon learns that he's being perceived as Mrs. Albright. While he's a bit uncomfortable with his new status, it doesn't seem to bother Mary at all. When Mrs. Dubcek's grandson opens a lemonade stand, Tommy and Harry open their own but have no success. And when Sally learns that Don has had other women in his life, she tracks down all his ex-girlfriends.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 16
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English
Description
Nina tells Dick that the Fleischman Foundation called to say that Dick's grant application has arrived just as Dick is opening a chain letter. He has no idea how a letter could give him luck, good or bad, and Mary observes that belief in chain letters is a silly superstition. But Nina is adamant that he follows the directions in the letter to avoid potentially disastrous results.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 8
Language
English
Description
When Sally learns that Playpen Magazine is coming to campus and will pay women $600 to pose naked, she's ready to sign up, despite the fact that women at Pendleton are planning to picket. Sally tells Dick her plan and he supports her, even though Mary observes that it's so demeaning.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 11
Language
English
Description
Officer Don takes Dick on a tour of the jail, and Dick's scandalized that little effort is being made to rehabilitate the prisoners. To make a point, he pays Eddie's fine and takes responsibility for turning him into an upstanding citizen.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 5
Language
English
Description
Prompted by a Harrison Ford magazine cover, Dick considers having plastic surgery, despite Mary's assurances that she loves him just the way he is.
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Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 9
Language
English
Description
Dick, Harry, Sally and Tommy are enjoying a dinner of ice cream and cake when the discussion turns to the concept of sin. Tommy, who just studied the seven deadly sins in school, begins to list them. When it comes to sinning, it seems that all of the Solomons are equally adept.
Author
Series
3rd Rock From the Sun volume 1
Language
English
Description
Sally is still High Commander, Dick has been made Security Officer and Vicki gives birth to her baby. The Solomons rejoice when the baby appears to be human. Trouble erupts, however, when Vicki phones a tabloid reporter to sell him the story of little Eric Travis's alien conception.
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