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To die on a dying Earth - I'd live, if only to weep.
To die on a dying Earth - I'd live, if only to weep.
Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
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- Joanna Russ
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- Approximate author period: c. 1974 AD · modern
Approximate author-period evidence for Joanna Russ: life dates 1937 to 2011. Wikidata Q265270, inspected 2026-10-08. Not a quotation composition date or independent verification of attribution. Source: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q265270 (accessed 2026-10-08).
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