“Scientists don't frighten me. They think in straight, predictable, directable, and therefore MISdirectable lines. It's children and conjurers who frighten me. Against scientists, I feel quite confident.”

— James P. Hogan , book Code of the Lifemaker

Code of the Lifemaker (1983)

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British writer 1941–2010

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