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> Behalf Of Julia Thompson
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> Can anyone do anything amusing to the Pournelle quote to make a
> GalProverb, but still retain enough flavor of the original so that
> anyone knowing the Pournelle quote gets an extra bit of amusement out of
> it?
Knowing Jerry, as opposed to knowing his writing, I'd paraphrase it thus:
"I always knew I'd be a great science fiction writer. I don't think I'll
ever see another one as great. And who the hell are you?"
Un-diplomatically,
Nick
