“I guess it just doesn't look very heroic to sneak up behind somebody and shoot them in the back. I can't help thinking it would be more efficient, though.”

— Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, The Warrior's Apprentice (1986)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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