There was a smell in the air now. The hot, close, frighteni… - Leigh Brackett

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There was a smell in the air now. The hot, close, frightening small of mob; mob excited, hungry, dreaming blood and death. The primitive in Stark knew that sweaty acridity all too well.

Leigh Brackett

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Leigh Brackett (December 7, 1915 – March 18, 1978) was an American writer, particularly of science fiction, and a screenwriter.

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Birth Name: Leigh Douglass Brackett • Leigh Douglas Brackett

Alternative Names: Leigh Brackett Hamilton

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He could hear Pa’s voice saying, “A man’s religion, his sect, is his own affair. But those people have no religion or sect. They’re a mob, with a mob’s fear and cruelty, and with half-crazy, cunning men stirring them up against others.”

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