“ Space opera, as every reader doubtless knows, is a pejorative term often applied to a story that has an element of adventure. Over the decades, brilliant and talented new writers appear, receiving gre… Leigh Brackett
“ The cities were sucking all the life of the country into themselves and destroying it. Men were no longer individuals but units in a vast machine, all cut to one pattern, with the same tastes and idea… Leigh Brackett
“ There's never been an act done since the beginning, from a kid stealing candy to a dictator committing genocide, that the person doing it didn't think he was fully justified. That's a mental trick cal… Leigh Brackett
“ You can’t destroy knowledge. You can stamp it under and burn it up and forbid it to be, but somewhere it will survive. Leigh Brackett
