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Little fish risking everything for a piece of godhood...and not knowing heaven from hell, even when they find it.

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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
Novelist
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
Knowing
Heaven
Godhood
Littles
Risking
Find
Fish
Little
Fishes
Everything
Piece
Even
Pieces
Hell

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The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors.
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Once upon a time I was such a good liar I could talk the fish right into my mouths.
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He was guided by what he saw rather than by what he wanted to believe.
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