Ursula K. Le Guin Quote

Hughes, who had entered the space program from astrophysics, came with a very good record, in fact a brilliant one. This troubled many of his military superiors, to whom high intelligence was a code word for instability and insubordination.


The Field of Vision pp. 228-229 (originally published in Galaxy, October 1973) - Short fiction - The Wind's Twelve Quarters (1975)


Hughes, who had entered the space program from astrophysics, came with a very good record, in fact a brilliant one. This troubled many of his...

Hughes, who had entered the space program from astrophysics, came with a very good record, in fact a brilliant one. This troubled many of his...

Hughes, who had entered the space program from astrophysics, came with a very good record, in fact a brilliant one. This troubled many of his...

Hughes, who had entered the space program from astrophysics, came with a very good record, in fact a brilliant one. This troubled many of his...