Lhotka Prize

There is a much misattributed quote: “If I had more time, I would have written a shorter letter.” The earliest verified attestation is the French thinker, Blaise Pascal, but my favorite use of it is from John Locke’s introduction to his Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1690): “I will not deny, but possibly it might be reduced to a narrower Compass than it is; … But to confess the Truth, I am now too lazy, or too busy to make it shorter.” I’m glad Andrew Meadows pushed me to take all the time I needed to write a short book. It wasn’t easy but it was worth it.

Now back to writing book three with all the stuff I couldn’t put in book two!