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"I forged a concept which is relatively simple and possibly unique in theology, and that is, the irrational is the primordial stratum of the universe."
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Compare to the needle pipe from Ray Cummings' 1928 novel Beyond the Stars, the
needle gun from Malcom Jameson's 1941 story Slacker's Paradise, the
maula pistol from Frank Herbert's Dune, the
needle rifle from David Gerrold's 1983 novel A Matter for Men, and the
ice dart from Bart Kosko's 1987 novel Nanotime.
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'I made them... with the fine work of the watchmaker...'
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'...she dropped her hands from the wheel, took the robot snake from his box.'
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