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...hence the very best science fiction ultimately winds up being a collaboration between author and reader, in which both create - and enjoy it; joy i...more

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The surveillance, he thought, essentially should be maintained. And, if possible, by me. I should always be watching, watching and figuring out, even ...more

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If practicality and morality are polarized and you must choose, you must do what you think is right, rather than what you think is practical.

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What sort of an imaginary voice is that? I asked myself, suppose Columbus had heard an imaginary voice telling him to sail west. And because of it he ...more

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Tomorrow morning, he decided, I'll begin clearing away the sand of fifty thousand centuries for my first vegetable garden. That's the initial step.

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It is proper that technically qualified non-lunatics should sit in judgement on lunatics. How could things be otherwise?