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“He was raised Methodist but now he thought he was spiritual, which he eventually admitted meant that he might believe in God but found church boring.”
― Picks and Shovels
― Picks and Shovels
“Of course I realise it’s all rather too vague for you to put into words,” when he took me up rather sharply, for such a patient man, by saying, “On the contrary, it is words that are vague. The reason why the thing can’t be expressed is that it’s too definite for language.”
― The Space Trilogy: Three books in One : Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength
― The Space Trilogy: Three books in One : Out of the Silent Planet, Perelandra and That Hideous Strength
“The reality is, there was a kind of blip when a minority of working stiffs—white dudes, mostly—held a little more political power, that lasted for less than a century. Now, humanity was returning to its baseline: all or nothing, with a tiny super-rich minority able to control everyone and everything else. The smarter your device, the harder it would be for you to outsmart it. Technology didn’t create the brief democratic blip, and it didn’t kill it, but now that it’s dead, technology will sure as shit make sure it never comes back. Those days are done.”
― Attack Surface
― Attack Surface
Peter’s 2025 Year in Books
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