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? (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?

Gregory Benford

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