“Politicians always seemed to be willing to sacrifice the general welfare to win votes.”
Jack McDevitt book The Hercules Text
Source: The Hercules Text (1986), Chapter 9 (p. 138)
Quotes from bookThe Hercules Text
The Hercules Text is a 1986 science fiction novel by American writer Jack McDevitt. It tells the story of a message of intelligent extraterrestrial origin received by SETI scientists. The Hercules Text was nominated for the Philip K. Dick Award in 1986.Science fiction author Michael Swanwick said, in an overview of McDevitt's work, "Jack's first novel, The Hercules Text, appeared in 1986 as an Ace Special, putting him in the august company of such luminaries as William Gibson, Kim Stanley Robinson, and Lucius Shepard. It was a good book."
“Ah, Lord, if I doubt You, it is perhaps because You hide Yourself so well.”
Jack McDevitt book The Hercules Text
Source: The Hercules Text (1986), Chapter 4 (p. 63)
