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“this community would never be what I wanted. Too many other people wanted it to be different things. It would always have to be a compromise between my ideals and theirs.”
― Machine
― Machine
“counting on security through obscurity.”
― The Greatest War
― The Greatest War
“had seemed like the sort of person who made people do things they never expected.”
― A Desolation Called Peace
― A Desolation Called Peace
“A democracy isn’t about freedom, it’s about representation,” Corsia replied. “A people can choose representatives who strip away their freedoms—be it on purpose or otherwise—while a dictator can operate benevolently. Not that either always works that way, but do not confuse the right to vote in an election with freedom.”
― War on a Thousand Fronts
― War on a Thousand Fronts
“If you don’t run with this crowd, you might assume that SF is an abbreviation of Science Fiction. But here it means Speculative Fiction. This coinage is a way to cope with the problem that Science Fiction is mysteriously, inextricably conjoined with the seemingly unrelated literature of Fantasy. Many who are fond of one are fond of the other, to the point where they perceive them as The Same Thing in spite of the fact that they seem quite different to non-fans.”
― Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing – A Brilliant Collection on Science and Technology from Newton to Star Wars
― Some Remarks: Essays and Other Writing – A Brilliant Collection on Science and Technology from Newton to Star Wars
Matthew’s 2025 Year in Books
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