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There and Back Again

There and Back Again

There and Back Again, by Max Merriwell is a 1999 science fiction novel by Pat Murphy, retelling J.R.R. Tolkien's The Hobbit as a space opera, combined with Lewis Carroll's The Hunting of the Snark. It was published by Tor Books.


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“You may learn a few things,” she said. “And that’s always good.”

Source: There and Back Again (1999), Chapter 7 (p. 123)

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“You’ve passed the first test of leadership. You’ve disagreed with me.”

Source: There and Back Again (1999), Chapter 3 (p. 66)

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“Imaginary solutions work quite well, as long as you realize that problems are also imaginary.”

Source: There and Back Again (1999), Chapter 15 (p. 259)

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“Every point is a turning point.”

Catch phrase, often repeated
There and Back Again (1999)

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