“Then they died.
And other men came after them. Wars flamed up and burned out; the howling peoples dwelt in smashed cities and kindled their fires with books.”

Prologue (p. 1)
The Enemy Stars (1959)

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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1926–2001

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