"The contingency is remote." (This is also a Jeeves quote in the PG Wodehouse Novels) - Jack Vance

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"The contingency is remote." (This is also a Jeeves quote in the PG Wodehouse Novels)

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John Holbrook Vance (August 28, 1916 – May 26, 2013) was an award-winning science fiction and fantasy author, who wrote the four-book Dying Earth series.

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Pen Names: Ellery Queen • Alan Wade • Peter Held • John van See • Jay Kavanse
Birth Name: John Holbrook Vance
Alternative Names: John H. Vance
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What is peace? Balance three iron skewers tip to tip, one upon the other; at the summit, emplace and egg, so that it too poises static in mid-air, and there you have the condition of peace in this world of men.
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