Shanna put on the last movement of Beethoven’s Fifth and turned up the gain. Ludwig von Cornball, they had… — Gregory Benford
Shanna put on the last movement of Beethoven’s Fifth and turned up the gain.
Ludwig von Cornball, they had called him back at Moonbase One. Hipitude: post-postmodern irony. All because she played ol’ Ludwig so much—but who was more appropriate? What spirit better expressed the grandeur of an expedition to the edge of the solar system?
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