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“Ah, ‘The Suffering Critic.’ A work to gladden the heart of any artist.”

— Alexander Jablokov At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987)

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Source: At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball (1987), reprinted in Gardner Dozois (ed.), The Year's Best Science Fiction: Fifth Annual Collection, p. 106
Work: At the Cross-Time Jaunters’ Ball, 1987
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Killing one man is an existential act. Killing a million would be a historic act, at least to the Bound. Killing them all would be a divine act.

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