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“Magic.” He shot photos and shook his head. “Pure magic, till we learn enough to understand it.”

— Jack Williamson The Stonehenge Gate (2005)

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Human knowledge is never entirely consistent or complete, because the human brain is only a crude and transient mass of watery cells, error-prone and glacier-slow.

The Humanoid Universe (1980)

Human belief is seldom related to truth.

The Humanoid Universe (1980)

SF still appeals to the young, as always, because so much of it is set in the futures in which they will be living.

Will Academe Kill SF? (1978)

Accelerating change has become almost the first fact of life.

Will Academe Kill SF? (1978)

Conquerors live by conquest; the first failure is a signal for the conquered to rise against them.

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