p. 342
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Boundaries got redrawn at the point of a sword, and the legal frame followed.
— Gregory Benford
What It Means
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Source: Wikiquote: "Gregory Benford" (Quotes, Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013): Originally published in Starship Century: Towards the Grandest Horizon. Page numbers from reprint in Ed Finn & Kathryn Cramer (eds.) Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future (2014), )
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About Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
About Gregory Benford
Gregory Benford (born January 30, 1941, in Mobile, Alabama) is an American science fiction author and astrophysicist who is on the faculty of the Department of Physics and Astronomy at the University of California, Irvine.
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