“How many shots does it take before the concept ay choice becomes obsolete?”
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“But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.”
— James Blish, book A Case of Conscience
Source: A Case of Conscience (1958), Chapter 18 (p. 213)
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