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In popularizing a scientific development it was always crucial to sail the narrow strait between the Scylla of professional contempt and the Charybdis of public befuddlement.

— Gregory Benford Artifact (1985)

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Would an alien outsider judge America’s performance by My Lai and Wounded Knee or by Lincoln and Jefferson?

The Sunborn (2005)

If you were damned certain you weren’t looking for something, there was a very good chance you wouldn’t see it.

Timescape (1980)

No matter how much you plan for it, the real thing seems curiously, well, unreal.

Timescape (1980)

Any technology that does not appear magical is insufficiently advanced.

Foundation's Fear (1997)

Disintegration of structure equals information loss.

In the Ocean of Night (1977)

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