“His jumpsuit was white, and on the back were the letters D and R printed in black. They stood for “death row”. Mars had equated it to a snake’s rattle, warning folks to stay the hell away.”
― The Last Mile
― The Last Mile
“believe it was happening again. Couldn’t sleep, couldn’t sleep, couldn’t sleep. It was a Monday night; school started the next day at 7: 20 a.m., and I was exhausted, but my body didn’t care. I shifted in bed and”
― Edgewood
― Edgewood
“helped me to make my superstorm as plausible as possible. Lydia Chilton helped me create a realistic AI. Mike Swirsky was a huge help with the Siberian drilling project, and Dr. Dave Goldberg helped a lot with the weird physics. I also learned a lot from the Cornell Bird Lab. Lightninglouie gave the book its epigraph. And my father helped me a lot with the book’s philosophical conundrums, while my mother helped me think about how”
― All the Birds in the Sky
― All the Birds in the Sky
“$ 25 for a buttload of nothing, as it transpired. “Yeah. I struck out,” Skyler said. He pulled the letter out of his parka, which he was still wearing—you didn’t use heaters in the IRTF control room, as heat would distort the telescope’s images. He held up the offending envelope and dramatically tore it in half, then stuffed it into the trashcan. Tamura laughed.”
― Freefall
― Freefall
“Just before midnight, the clouds disappeared. “Hey hey,” Tamura said placidly. “Got Jupiter for you.” Skyler dumped his guitar in its case and sprang to the console.”
― Freefall
― Freefall
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