“His brain ached with the want of knowing.”

— Jack Vance, Dying Earth

Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Dying Earth (1950), Chapter 6, "Guyal of Sfere"

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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