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All his life he had lived by the law. Often his job had been to stop acts of revenge....And now revenge was all that life had left for him.
Vernor Vinge
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Vernor Vinge
Age: 80
Born: 1944
Born: October 2
Computer Scientist
Mathematician
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Science Fiction Writer
Writer
Waukesha
Wisconsin
Vernor Steffen Vinge
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All evil and good is petty before Nature. Personally, we take comfort from this, that there is a universe to admire that cannot be twisted to villainy or good, but which simply is.
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How to explain? How to describe? Even the omniscient viewpoint quails.
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