From Buchenwald to Carnegie Hall: Marian Filar - A Memoir (Willie Morris Books in Memoir and Biography)

The belief is general, here, that earth exists in this corner of the galaxy, for the worlds here are unusually old and it is likely that the first worlds to be settled were close to earth rather than far from it. He accosted a squat, veiny-nosed sand-hog, who was bawling at the crowd and forcing leaflets.

What a weird nightmare, simpson thought, and tried to pull himself awake.