David Drake

North Carolina · resident1945–2023

American author of science fiction and fantasy literature (1945–2023)

Died in Silk Hope
Studied at Duke University
Studied at Duke University School of Law

novelist, writer, science fiction writer, lawyer, editor, fantasy author

Quotations with a citation

If a rocket screams across the darkness, the counterinsurgent can hunched down in his slit trench and pray that the glowing green ball with a sound like a steam locomotive will land on somebody else instead. Prayer probably won’t help, any more than it’ll stop the rain or make the mosquitoes stop biting. But nothing else will help either.

I feel as if I’ve spent my working life throwing darts at a map and convincing myself that I’ve traveled to the places the darts hit.

Nilsen looked up slowly. His face was as doubtful as that of a political prisoner who has just been informed that the revolution has made him president.

In the libraries

Open Library Baker's dozen -- 13 short science fiction novels · 1985 View library record ↗ Open Library Infinite Stars · 2017 View library record ↗ Open Library More than Honor · 1998 View library record ↗ Open Library THE SHARP END · 1993 View library record ↗ Open Library Tales from the Vulgar Unicorn · 1980 View library record ↗ Open Library The Face of Chaos · 1984 View library record ↗

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