E. E. Smith opened my eyes to the fact that there could be good aliens as well as evil ones, while Heinlein demonstrated that it is, after all, possible to write 'hard' sf stories which centre around quite ordinary people. (James White (author))

E. E. Smith opened my eyes to the fact that there could be good aliens as well as evil ones, while Heinlein demonstrated that it is, after all, possible to write 'hard' sf stories which centre around quite ordinary people.

James White (author)

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