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@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ Category: commentary
 Tags: literary critcism, review (book), deniably allegorical
 Status: draft
 
-(**SPOILERS** for _A Deepness in the Sky_)
+(**SPOILERS** for _A Deepness in the Sky_ by Vernor Vinge)
 
 Apropos of absolutely nothing—and would I lie to you about that?!—I've been thinking a lot lately about Hrunkner Unnerby, one of the characters in the ["B"](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/PlotThreads) [story](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TwoLinesNoWaiting) of Vernor Vinge's _A Deepness in the Sky_.
 
@@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ Sherkaner Underhill (mad scientist extraordinaire), Gen. Victory Smith (military
 rapidly-industrializing civilization is entering its Information Age—
 
 
-Every improvement is a necessarily a change, but not every change is an improvement.
+Every improvement is a necessarily a change, but _not every change is an improvement_.
 
 
 > Unnerby started to make some weak excuse, stopped. He just couldn't pretend anymore. Besides, Sherkaner was so much easier to face than the General. "You know why I didn't come before, Sherk. In fact, I wouldn't be here now if General Smith hadn't given me explicit orders. I'd follow her through Hell, you know that. But she wants more. She wants acceptance of your perversions. I—You two have such beautiful children, Sherk. How could you do such a thing to them?"