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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Pen Names: A. A. Craig

Birth Name: Poul William Anderson

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

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He did not share the widespread present-day faith in astrology. It seemed likeliest to him that sheer accident ruled the world.

Know that against time the gods themselves are powerless.

Then they died.
And other men came after them. Wars flamed up and burned out; the howling peoples dwelt in smashed cities and kindled their fires with books.

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

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