Jack McDevitt (1935) American novelist, Short story writer
Source: Academy Series - Priscilla "Hutch" Hutchins, Odyssey (2006), Chapter 29 (p. 262)
“Death would be better if it weren’t forever.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy: Volume 2 (2022)
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