David G. Hartwell Quote

Moments like this make me glad I am a man. Playing with snakes and poisons does not appeal to you? Not the least. Come, you’ve been in battle. That cannot be much better. What is it like to stand in the front rank, thrusting your boarding pike at some hulking wild-eyed berserk trying to slash you in half? That is when I wish I was a woman, he replied primly. At least Love did not lie.

David G. Hartwell

Moments like this make me glad I am a man. Playing with snakes and poisons does not appeal to you? Not the least. Come, you’ve been in battle. That cannot be much better. What is it like to stand in the front rank, thrusting your boarding pike at some hulking wild-eyed berserk trying to slash you in half? That is when I wish I was a woman, he replied primly. At least Love did not lie.

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About David G. Hartwell

David Geddes Hartwell (July 10, 1941 – January 20, 2016) was an American critic, publisher, and editor of thousands of science fiction and fantasy novels. He was best known for work with Signet, Pocket, and Tor Books publishers. He was also noted as an award-winning editor of anthologies. The Encyclopedia of Science Fiction describes him as "perhaps the single most influential book editor of the past forty years in the American [science fiction] publishing world".