he had a dizzying glimpse of those mysteries at the edge of existence that he had successfully ignored for most of his life.
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but why should any intelligent race want to play childish tricks?”
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Even by the twenty-second century, no way had yet been discovered of keeping elderly and conservative scientists from occupying crucial administrative positions
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“There’s some kind of fancy dessert with a hot exterior and ice cream in the middle—I don’t remember what it’s called—” “Baked Alaska. It’s a favorite at U.P. banquets, unfortunately.”
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raced through a smoky, flame-lit darkness
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quieter than anything I’ve ever known on Earth, or in space, where there’s always some background noise.
Zoya Alekseevaцитує6 років тому
went down the steps two at a time in long, gentle strides
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Yet the scale here was so much greater, both in time and in space, that the mind was unable to do it justice; after a while, it ceased to respond. Norton wondered if, sooner or later, he would take even Rama for granted.
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if there’s any more, heads will roll
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He could think of nothing, except the enjoyment of the gentle, unaccustomed gravity.