Humans!
They lived in a world where the grass continued to be green and the sun rose
every day and flowers regularly turned into fruit, and what impressed
them? Weeping statues. And wine made out of water! A mere quantum-mechanistic tunnel effect,
that’d happen anyway if you were prepared to wait zillions of years. As if the turning of sunlight into wine, by
means of vines and grapes and time and enzymes, wasn’t a thousand times more
impressive and happened all the time. . .
(from Small Gods by Terry Pratchett)
10*/10. The complete review is here.
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