Ian McDonald book The Tear
In Galactic Empires, edited by Gardner Dozois, reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.), The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009 (p. 506)
Short fiction, The Tear (2008)
“Unfortunately, it appeared that she was going to be around when they learned the hard way that interstellar wars of aggression were much easier to lose than to win.”
— Charles Stross, book Singularity Sky
Source: Singularity Sky (2003), Chapter 8, “Confessions” (p. 188)
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