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"One could imagine a very ascetic sort of life ... where the body is ignored. This is something I've played with in my books, where people hate to be reminded sometimes that they have bodies, they find it very slow and tedious."
- William Gibson
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| Space Lawyer (Sky-Lawyer) | ||
| A lawyer with special knowledge of space law. |
It's just another day for Kerry Dale, space lawyer.
| "Young Kerry Dale? Yes, sir, he blasted off four Earth-days before. In what? Why... uh... seems like the young fellow had bought himself an old tramp freighter and fitted it out for salvage operations. Had incorporated himself, in fact, under the laws of Vesta. Mighty flexible and generous, the Vestan corporation laws, sir. Nothing like those of Earth and Mars. Initial fees nominal, sir, and the taxes are practically nothing." |
| Technovelgy from Jurisdiction,
by Nat Schachner. Published by Astounding Science-Fiction in 1941 Additional resources -
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