Chris Mead > Quotes

“Aiyana could not possibly have known it, but she had just changed the course of human history.”
― Chris Mead, Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera

“And so it was that Carson had the unique experience of twice making love for the first time to the same woman. Many”
― Chris Mead, Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera

“once was enough.”
― Chris Mead, Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera

“and although he doubted they would try anything that drastic again,”
― Chris Mead, Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera

“Everyone crowded onto the bus’s observation decks to watch the show. Their flat surfaces extended out from the main body of the bus like a pair of stubby wings; each surrounded by an inertial field that trapped a bubble of air for the passengers. For all practical purposes they was standing outside, directly confronting the vacuum of space. “Am I the only one feeling nervous?” Carson said. Certainly the schoolchildren seemed unperturbed. They were daring each other to peer over the edge of the deck. “I mean, how can that be safe?” “You big silly,” chided Aiyana. To Carson’s horror she ran full tilt across the deck and leapt into the black abyss. At two meters out her trajectory came to a smooth halt; the inertial field spun her around and gently returned her to the surface. After a moment of frozen shock all the schoolchild began hurling themselves into the void. From that moment she was their idol. A”
― Chris Mead, Swallow the Sky: A Space Opera