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It would account for between a sixth and a quarter of the human population of the Milky Way and something like one in thirty of stars of the Milky Way, if I have not bolloxed up this quick back of the envelope calculation.

Crossposts: http://james-nicoll.livejournal.com/3995242.html

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Would this make the Mule Mohammad? Considering all the other blinkered ideas in the series -- self-determination is for losers; hooray for cultural imperialism and hegemony; a unipolar galaxy is the only way to go -- it would make sense.

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Asimov said that he based the Mule on Timur, with Foundation playing the role of the Ottomans.

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