“Iskilip is senile, more than half converted to his own artificial creed. He was mumbling about prophecies Val Nira made long ago, true prophecies. Bah! Tricks of memory and wishfulness.”

The Longest Voyage (p. 171)
Short fiction, The Book of Poul Anderson (1975)

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American science fiction and fantasy writer 1926–2001

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