“Major Sánchez grunted. “Nice word, ‘trivial.’ Means you got it—cojones—you got no worry. If you don’t—””

— Gregory Benford

Part 1 “Beyond Sidon”, Chapter 2 (p. 12)
Against Infinity (1983)

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