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Gypsy ------- Colonists to the far stars must have built-in yearning for the far horizon—the desire to go back of beyond. Some of them, though, may have too much.
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Gypsy ------- From afar, I caught a glimpse of the Traveller as my boat swung towards the planet.
... And Then There Were None ---------------------------------- The battleship was eight hundred feet in diameter and slightly more than one mile long.
Profession ------------ George Platen could not conceal the longing in his voice.
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Gypsy ------- Grown men don’t risk their necks climbing the uppermost branches of trees, the way children do; they walk on the ground, and when they have to rise they do so safely and comfortably, in a carplane.
Gypsy ------- “We ... well, we were wanderers, but so what? Do you blame a bird for not having hoofs?”
... And Then There Were None ---------------------------------- “It means plenty,” said Jeff. “Freedom – I Won’t !”
... And Then There Were None ---------------------------------- “It’s his right. Everyone has the right to refuse. That’s freedom, isn’t it?”
... And Then There Were None ---------------------------------- “We’ve been outwitted by awkward relations. There’s not much we can do about it. A man doesn’t beat up his nieces and nephews merely because they won’t speak to him.”
Profession ------------ If the only way you can learn is to buck the world and come back with blood on your face, go ahead.
Profession ------------ But people, ah—They are so complex and so different one from another that a Social Scientist never knows all there is to know or even a good part of what there is to know.
Profession ------------ It won’t do to say to a man, “You can create. Do so.” It is much safer to wait for a man to say, “I can create, and I will do so whether you wish it or not.”
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BEWARE! This is not the same work as The Exiles Trilogy. It is a collection of stories by other authors that has been edited by Ben Bova. Do not combine with The Exiles Trilogy.
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