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“I have always loved stories, and I have always preferred to see them dressed in the garb of the fantastic. There is something about the displacement of real-life situations into a nonmimetic world that stimulates my desire to reflect on the here and now.”
― The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934–2001
― The Generation Starship in Science Fiction: A Critical History, 1934–2001
“Wait for the real problem, Your Excellency. Don’t borrow trouble that doesn’t come to you on its own.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
“But what’s peace for merchants? Since the driving force of commerce is only to expand itself, the job of its general is never done. I’ll be serving my master’s ambition until I’m dead.”
― She Who Became the Sun
― She Who Became the Sun
“That’s the problem with hitting the elites financially. Every time you hurt one, all it does is make another richer. That won’t stop until the baskets overflow with their godsdamned heads.”
― A Parade of Horribles
― A Parade of Horribles
“Good gods, the madness is catching, Moist thought as the glow of the golem’s eyes disappeared into darkness outside. I’m not the postmaster, I’m some poor bastard who’s the victim of some stupid . . . experiment. What a place! What a situation! What kind of man would put a known criminal in charge of a major branch of government? Apart from, say, the average voter.”
― Going Postal
― Going Postal
Chris’s 2025 Year in Books
Take a look at Chris’s Year in Books, including some fun facts about their reading.
171 books
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