Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness which can see naught above or beyond itself. - Poul Anderson

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Better a life like a falling star, bright across the dark, than a deathlessness which can see naught above or beyond itself.

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About Poul Anderson

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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We Russians have learned to fear anarchy above all else. We would rather have tyranny than it. Hanno, you do wrong to look on people’s republics, strong governments of every kind, as always evil. Freedom is perhaps better, but chaos is worse.
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