“Not even the thought of death can upset the man who is going into space for the first time. The journey into the unknown transcends the framework of anxiety, at least for a while.”

— Robert Sheckley, book The Alchemical Marriage of Alistair Crompton

Source: Crompton Divided (1978), Chapter 6 (p. 28)

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American writer 1928–2005

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