Shepard: The problem is the damn bureaucrats. They won't get me the latest astrographic data. You can't save the galaxy with star charts from 2183, right? Marab: 2183? Why don't they just give you a slide rule and ask you to eyeball it?

In a genre that is rife with copycatting, Ms. Cain deserves some credit for having gotten a potentially interesting new series off the ground.

Sounded like the roof was caving in on us. We ran downstairs, arms swinging, hollering and screaming and adrenalined to damn death.

In order to continue to not be lacking, you must receive the joy as well, which others have available in their “lackless” supply of joy. This is how giving and receiving can be seen as two distinct aspects of the same thought.