"“There’s no time to waste, sir. The longer we wait, the greater the chance that we will commit an act that will land us in the pits of hell for all eternity.” “I wonder what an eternity of hell must be like?” mused the gasbag-Pierce, postponing the inevitable for another moment. “I always thought it must be like being locked in a theater that plays endless reruns of Ann Rutherford movies,” offered Arro.” “Really?” asked the gasbag-Pierce, interested. “I pictured it as trying to open a childproof bottle of aspirin until the universe finally fell into the thrall of entropy.” “May I respectfully point out that we have every chance of discovering what eternal damnation is like if you don’t do something very soon, sir?”"
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Mike Resnick
Mike Resnick (March 5, 1942 – January 9, 2020) was an American science fiction writer and editor. Resnick was nominated for 37 Hugo Awards and won five times; he won one Nebula Award from eleven nominations.
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