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  1. Dan Simmons _ Worlds Enough & Time: Five

    More climbers die during the descent than on the way up."Karakaredes seems to be considering this. After a minute he says, "Yes, but here on the summit, there must be some ritual . . .""Hero photos," gasps Paul. "Gotta . . . have . . . hero photos."Our alien nods. "Did . . . anyone . . . bring an imaging device? A camera? I did not.
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  2. Dan Simmons _ Worlds Enough & Time: Five

    Wasn't 'Ms.' an honorific for females back in pre-rubicon days?" asked Frome. "Some sort of honorary degree for not getting married or something?
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  3. Dan Simmons _ Worlds Enough & Time: Five

    They . . . are . . . so. . . sorry, " she whispered. "The machine brings back no . . . pictures . . . only the food and air and water. It is programmed . . . as you suggested, Dem Lia . . . to eliminate infestations. They are . . . so . . . so . . . sorry for the loss of Ouster life. They offer the suicide of . . . of their species . . . if it would atone for the destruction.
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  4. Dan Simmons _ Worlds Enough & Time: Five

    Commander Lebedev wrote-'After a communication session we invited Flight Engineer Savitskaya to the heavily laden table. We gave Sveta a blue floral print apron and told her, " 'Look, Sveta, even though you are a pilot and cosmonaut, you are still a woman first. Would you please do us the honor of being our hostess tonight?' ""Ouch," says Roth
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  5. Dan Simmons _ Worlds Enough & Time: Five

    It is true that we Russians have sent only four doctors into space in forty years of flight, but still I might have had chance to fly to Mir or International Space Station except for one fact. This is that I cannot urinate-is this the right word, Mr. Roth?-I cannot urinate on wheel of bus.
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  6. Dan Simmons _ Worlds Enough & Time: Five

    Why . . ." she begins. "Why do you want to climb it?""Because it's there.
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