He’d volunteered for the Howard Institute program because o… - Jay Lake

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He’d volunteered for the Howard Institute program because of the most basic human motivation—tourism. Seeing what was over the next hill had trumped even sex as the driving force in human evolution.

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Joseph Edward "Jay" Lake, Jr. (June 6, 1964 – June 1, 2014) was an American science fiction and fantasy writer.

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All men are born to die…Once a fool pretends otherwise.

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