Re: Great moments in sf


"Stewart Robert Hinsley"
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Nicholas Waller <testo888@xxxxxxx> writes
"Why keep this wonderful news from us? That we all
have a life
after death?" And basically the aliens say,
sadly: "We do. You don't".

But I have forgotten the title.

"The Gods Laughed", IIRC.


In Best SF 5 as _The Martyr_
--
Mike Stone - Peterborough, England


It is so stupid of modern civilisation to have
given up believing in the
Devil, when he is its only explanation.

Ronald Knox.


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