“We must make the fee contingent on results.”

—  Robert A. Heinlein

“Did you ever hear of anyone in his right mind dealing with a wizard on any other basis?”
Magic, Inc. (p. 21)
Short fiction, The Fantasies of Robert A. Heinlein (1999)

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American science fiction author 1907–1988

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