No matter who I ask, they answer out of the Dicta! Even whe… - Sheri S. Tepper

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No matter who I ask, they answer out of the Dicta! Even when it doesn't fit."
"Doing such is not a new thing. In the former world, there were people who said all truth was contained in this or that holy book, this or that holy image, these or those holy beliefs. No matter how complicated their world became, no matter how much it changed, the only answers permitted were those that grew ever more tortuous and convoluted."
"Until?"
"Until, some say, God turned his back on them for their failure to use the minds they had been given.

Sheri S. Tepper

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Sheri Stewart Tepper (16 July 1929 - 22 October 2016) was a prolific author of science fiction, horror and mystery novels, frequently with a feminist slant. She wrote under several pseudonyms, including A. J. Orde, E. E. Horlak, and B. J. Oliphant. Her early work was published under the name Sheri S. Eberhart.

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Birth Name: Shirley Stewart Douglas

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