We can hardly expect conventional respectability of a perso… - Poul Anderson

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We can hardly expect conventional respectability of a person whose goal in life is enlightenment.

Poul Anderson

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Poul William Anderson (November 25, 1926 – July 31, 2001) was a prominent American science fiction author who wrote during a Golden Age of the genre. Anderson also authored several works of fantasy.

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Birth Name: Poul William Anderson

Alternative Names: Winston P. Sanders • A. A. Craig • Michael Karageorge • Petronius Arbiter Kingsley • P. A. Kingsley

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Too far a retreat from reality is insanity.

“I think,” said John, “you’d do well to remember what one of our philosophers wrote. All evil is a good become cancerous.

A world of life and mystery, a world of splendor and striving and wistful beauty. Yes, it was good to live, and even if he was now to join the sun in an endless night, he was glad of what he had been given.

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