Adam Blinkinsop

“The opposition of the unbounded, anarchic sea to the national, political organization of the land is far more important to Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea than is the design or practicality of Captain Nemo’s submarine.”
― John Rieder, Colonialism and the Emergence of Science Fiction

“The outcome of the battle was generally acknowledged by both winners and losers because by waging war both parties had tacitly entered a contract of chance. Chance, or sors, as jurists called it, formed the basis for the legitimacy of victory, but to have a legally binding effect, the pitched battle was regarded as a whole.”
― Anders Engberg-Pedersen, Empire of Chance: The Napoleonic Wars and the Disorder of Things

“Science fiction is not predictive; it is descriptive.”
― Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness

“In the whole range of human activities, war most closely resembles a game of cards.”
― Carl von Clausewitz, On War