Δαφνη Ευτυχια Αρθουρος

"Dead. I had to be dead. But dead men don't think about death. What do dead men think about? Dead men don't think. I was thinking - but I was dead. That struck me as funny and set off hysterics. And then I'd get myself under control and go 'round and 'round with it again. Dead. This was like nothing any religion had ever taught. Not that I'd ever 'caught' any of the religions going around. But none had warned of this." -- Allen Carpentier, narrator of Inferno (1976) by Larry Niven (b. 1938-04-30) and Jerry Pournelle (b. 1933-08-07, d. 2017-09-08)