Lois McMaster Bujold (1949) Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA
Cordelia's Honor (1996), "Author's Afterword"
“Are you really as ignorant as you appear, Trelsen, or is this some sort of bizarre act, perhaps even meant to be amusing?”
Source: Culture series, Look to Windward (2000), Chapter 11 “Absence of Gravitas” (p. 231)
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