“So we have progressed to the point where we can move politicians around faster than light. I'm not sure I see the advantage.”

—  Jack McDevitt

Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 3 (p. 19)

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American novelist, Short story writer 1935

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