"The captain, thinking over this event afterward, realized that by his own lifelong standards he had a crew composed entirely of lunatics, with himself well to the front in degree of aberration; but he was fairly sure that this particular form of insanity was going to be useful."
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Hal Clement
Hal Clement (May 30, 1922 – October 29, 2003) was an American science fiction author.
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