Did you do what I asked you to?" "As much as I could. Have … - Charles Sheffield

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Did you do what I asked you to?"
"As much as I could. Have you ever tried to brief your boss, without telling her what's going on?"
"A hundred times. It's the first rule of self-preservation.

Charles Sheffield

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Charles Sheffield (25 June 1935 – 2 November 2002) was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.

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Alternative Names: Charles A. Sheffield • James Kirkwood

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