“Gradually there broke on him the understanding that this was a contest that he perpetuated by the very act of fighting in it. The way to victory here was to deny the enemy. He laughed.”

— Gordon R. Dickson , book Necromancer

Source: Necromancer (1962), Chapter 11 (p. 78)

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Canadian-American science fiction writer 1923–2001

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“Gradually there broke on him the understanding that this was a contest that he perpetuated by the very act of fighting in it. The way to victory here was to deny the enemy. He laughed.”

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