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A single tiny cell had decided the fate of a population pressed so close to the ultimate limit of the planet’s resources that there was no margin for… - Lester del Rey
" "A single tiny cell had decided the fate of a population pressed so close to the ultimate limit of the planet’s resources that there was no margin for error. Facing such risks, how could any sane and responsible ruling group dare to demand still more mouths to cry for food? It was a shabby, horrible way to run a world.
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About Lester del Rey
Lester del Rey (June 2, 1915 – May 10, 1993) was an American science fiction author and editor.
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Pen Names:
Charles Satterfield
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Edson McCann
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John Alvarez
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Marion Henry
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Philip James
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Philip St. John
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Erik Van Lhin
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Kenneth Wright
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Wade Kaempfert
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Ramon F. Alvarez-del Rey
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Cameron Hall
Birth Name:
Leonard Knapp
Alternative Names:
Erik van Lhin
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An accident of careless handling at a dumping point had touched off a great atomic explosion, somewhere in central Europe. That country had thought itself attacked during the disarmament hiatus, and had struck at China, which had bombarded Russia, which thought it was being attacked by America. The confusion was straightened out in less than two hours, but by then two-thirds of the world had been killed.
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