“It's not a comfortable thing, to be chosen so. I tried to avoid it for a long time, but God finds ways of dealing with draft dodgers.”

—  Lois McMaster Bujold , Vorkosigan Saga

Vorkosigan Saga, Borders of Infinity (1989)

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Science Fiction and fantasy author from the USA 1949

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