Quote of the day
The Constitution was the expression not only of a political faith, but also of political fears. It was wrought both as the organ of the national interest and as the bulwark of certain individual and local rights.
Charles Sheffield

Born: June 25, 1935
Died: November 2, 2002 (aged 67)
Bio: Charles Sheffield was an English-born mathematician, physicist and science fiction writer who served as a President of the Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America and of the American Astronautical Society.
Known for:
- Cold as Ice (1992)
- Summertide (1990)
- Tomorrow and Tomorrow (1997)
- Nimrod Hunt (1986)
- The Web Between the Worlds (1979)