Some things unfortunately yielded to no man’s orders. Maybe… - Harry Turtledove

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Some things unfortunately yielded to no man’s orders. Maybe that was why foolish people imagined gods into being: to have someone whose orders were sure to be obeyed.

Harry Turtledove

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Harry Norman Turtledove (born 14 June 1949) is an American novelist, best known for his works in several genres, including that of alternate history, historical fiction, fantasy, and science fiction.

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Native Name: Harry Norman Turtledove

Alternative Names: Dan Chernenko • Eric G. Iverson • Mark Gordian • H.N. Turteltaub

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That anyone would want to be famous still mystified Colin. As TV had trained him to do, he associated the word with divorces and court appearances and rehab and jail time. He knew more than he wanted about all of those except rehab, and that was the one famous people blew off anyway.

and the jerks back home sure aren’t helping.

Had he said that in Russian, he would have forfeited the goodwill he’d won from the kolkhoz’s farmers.

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