Cyril M. Kornbluth

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Cyril M. Kornbluth (July 2, 1923 – March 21, 1958) was an American science fiction author.

For novels and stories co-written with Frederik Pohl, see Frederik Pohl's Wikiquote page

Quotes[edit]

Not This August (1955)[edit]

All page numbers from the first mass market paperback edition, published by Bantam Books (Catalogue number A1492)
Nominated for the 1956 Hugo Award
  • Of course, I shouldn’t be telling you state secrets, but I've noticed at home that a state secret is something known to everybody who makes more than fifty thousand a year and to nobody who makes less.
    • Chapter 1 (pp. 9-10)
  • God help the human race if you thugs are its fighters for liberty.
    • Chapter 17 (p. 127)

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