If you want adventure, you made a mistake exploring space. … - Hal Clement

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If you want adventure, you made a mistake exploring space. The only space adventures I've heard of are second-hand stories built on guesswork; the people who really had them weren't around to tell about it.

Hal Clement

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Hal Clement (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003) was an American science fiction author.

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Birth Name: Harry Clement Stubbs

Alternative Names: George Richard • Harry C. Stubbs • Harry Stubbs

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The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful.

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