"Plate glass... has no beauty of its own.……" — Isaac Asimov

Plate glass... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not… - Isaac Asimov
"Plate glass... has no beauty of its own. Ideally, you ought not to be able to see it at all, but through it you can see all that is happening outside. That is the equivalent of writing that is plain and unadorned. Ideally, in reading such writing, you are not even aware that you are reading. Ideas and events seem merely to flow from the mind of the writer into that of the reader without any barrier between. I hope that is what is happening when you read this book"

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