The Gentle Seduction.

[swestrup]

The Gentle Seduction is one of my favorite short SF stories of all times. I was surprised to find a full copy of the text available from the author's website, so I've linked to it. Alas, my favorite line from the story doesn't appear to be in this version!

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[sorceror.livejournal.com]

So... what's the missing favourite line?

[swestrup]

I'd have to find my copy of the book (which is most likely in storage) to be able to quote it correctly. Actually it was googling for that quote that let me find this story. IIRC, it was something like:

"The population of the solar system eventually stabilized at around 150 trillion. That was enough to allow for some diversity, but few enough that you could still know everyone by name."