“I do not like to concatenate implausibilities.”

—  Charles Sheffield, book Resurgence

Source: The Heritage Universe, Resurgence (2002), Chapter 16, “And Then There Were None” (p. 188)

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British scientist, American science fiction writer 1935–2002

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