[mudshark]

[color=#000000ost_uid0][quoteost_uid0="Nan"][quoteost_uid0]Ivanova: Commander, incoming distress call from the liner Asimov.
Sinclair: What's their status?
Ivanova: Contending in vain.[/quoteost_uid0]

*chortle*

Yay! Someone else who knows this book![/quoteost_uid0]
I seem to recall our having an exchange about this book some time back. It's one of my all-time favorites, and nice to see an allusion here.
[quoteost_uid0]Franklin: Shhh! This is very delicate work. Pass me the pruning shears. [/quoteost_uid0] *snerf*
[quoteost_uid0]Franklin: It doesn't seem fair. He was so young, and now he's gone.
Sinclair: He may be gone, but he won't be forgotten. Are you going to be all right?
Franklin: Yeah, I think so. Good night, Commander.
Sinclair: Good bye, Richard.
(The station spins at Solemn Speed) [/quoteost_uid0]And that was a very nice touch. Good one, [bost_uid0]Sa'ar[/bost_uid0].


Edit: Liked the blurb for this, too.

Stoat, heh. [/colorost_uid0]