“Jesus Pietro wasn't used to dealing with ghosts.
It would require brand new techniques.
Grimly he set out to evolve them.”

— Larry Niven

Source: A Gift From Earth (1968), Ch. 8 : Polly's Eyes

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American writer 1938

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