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Gene Wolfe1931–2019

A child, not knowing what is extraordinary and what is commonplace, usually lights midway between the two, finds interest in incidents adults consider beneath notice, and calmly accepts the most improbable occurrences.

Gene Wolfe on children

“The Fifth Head of Cerberus”, Orbit 10 (1972)

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