"“Nature has its own logic, or so brother Peter tells us.” “The logic of chance—amoral and sometimes inaccurate.” “Well, Foutlif, we Earthmen are products of the ‘natural’ process; consequently, you shouldn’t be surprised to find us both of those things at times—amoral and inaccurate.”"
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Chapter 4, “Enlightenment: Down on the Edgegleam Plains” (p. 83)
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Michael Bishop
Michael Lawson Bishop (November 12, 1945 – November 13, 2023) was an award-winning American science fiction and fantasy writer.
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