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The whole damn universe is waiting for us to discover antigravity.
Interesting and probably true. Anti gravitation drive would only work to assist getting off planets and moons, and perhaps achieve orbit, but a secondary drive is needed after that, right?
“Ibn Rushd,”
― Navigator
― Navigator
“James grew up believing, or at least fearing, that the world’s last days were indeed near.”
― Navigator
― Navigator
“Many Arabic words have no Latin equivalents, because the scholarship is so much more advanced. So when the work of Ibn Rushd, for instance, is translated into Latin, the Arabic words are copied over as they are. Alkali. Camphor. Borax. Elixir. Algebra. Azure. Zenith. Nadir. Zero. Cipher”
― Navigator
― Navigator
“When Ojeda was done thrilling the gathered mob, a notary stepped forward and read out the crimes of each penitent. One had engaged in Jewish rituals; one had mocked the Host which was the body of Christ; one had prepared his lamb meat in accordance with Jewish instruction; and so on. They had all confessed to this when ‘put to the question’.”
― Navigator
― Navigator
“Considering the hefty tariffs we pay on our goods,”
― Saturn's Race
― Saturn's Race
Desert
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