“The greatest human achievement is to fulfil one’s destiny.”

— Brian W. Aldiss

Originally published in New Worlds Science Fiction, August 1965; reprinted in Michael Moorcock (ed.) Best SF Stories from New Worlds 4, p. 83
Short fiction, The Source (1965)

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British science fiction author 1925–2017

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