“The purportedly free was seldom as represented.”

— Jack Vance , Dying Earth

Source: Dying Earth (1950-1984), The Eyes of the Overworld (1966), Chapter 6, "The Cave in the Forest"

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American mystery and speculative fiction writer 1916–2013

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