Chapter 5 “In the Hall of the Mountain Thing” (p. 80).
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Now we have the prospect of a religious war on our hands, with the attendant proliferation of “heresies” and two separate but equal inquisitions.

— George Alec Effinger

What It Means

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About George Alec Effinger

George Alec Effinger (January 10, 1947 – April 27, 2002) was an American science fiction author.