The prime datum of the Universe is that life survives by ea… - Spider Robinson

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The prime datum of the Universe is that life survives by eating life, and no other way. The expense of eating is, in great part, the resistance the second life offers to being eaten.

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Spider Robinson (born 24 November 1948) is an American-born Canadian Hugo and Nebula award winning science fiction author. Spider states that the internet rumors of his name being, or having been, Paul Robinson are incorrect.

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Pen Names: B. D. Wyatt

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The expense of eating is, in great part, the resistance the second life offers to being eaten.

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