They don’t know what it’s about, or…you know, at least they don’t know what’s going to happen. This isn’t even built like a torture chamber. It’s all being watched, right? Water and air sensors. It’s...
They don’t hate us, Bobbie said, her voice tired. They’re afraid of us. Then why do they act like they hate us? David’s father said with something like triumph. Because that’s what fear looks like whe...
They don't hate us, Bobbie said, her voice tired. They're afraid of us.Then why do they act like they hate us? David's father said with something like triumph.Because that's what fear looks like when...
There’s another mess of legal crap just came through from the UN for you. Holden sighed. Am I supposed to read it? Don’t see how they can make you, Amos said. Just thought you’d want to ignore it inte...
There was no better way to seem trustworthy than to be liked by a dog, and there was no better way to convince a dog to like you than bribery.
There are two sides in this, but they aren’t inner planets and outer ones. Belters and everyone else. It’s not like that. It’s the people who want more violence and the ones who want less. And no matt...
There are people I love. There are people who have loved me. I fought for what I believed, protected those I could, and stood my ground against the encroaching darkness. Good enough.
The usual state of nature is recovering from the last disaster, she said. It was a truism of ecological biologists, and she said it the way a religious person might pray.
The usual state of nature is recovering from the last disaster, she said. It was a truism of ecological biologists, and she said it the way a religious person might pray. To make sense of what she saw...
The truth was her version wasn’t any more or less a fantasy than his. No one would know for sure until everyone knew for sure.
The thing Alex Kamal liked most about the long haul was how it changed the experience of time. The weeks—sometimes months—spent on the burn were like stepping out of history into some small, separate...
The system made the little woody tock that meant she had her privacy again.
The pleasantries were just ritual, but ritual was important. In Amos’ experience the more dangerous any two people were, the more carefully polite their social interactions tended to be. The loud, blu...
The only right you have with anyone in life is the right to walk away.
The old man was brilliant at looking somber and energetic at the same time. If he hadn’t been the executive of the largest governing body in the history of the human race, he’d have made a killing pro...
The millions of skin-bound complications of salt water and minerals that were human bodies scattered throughout the Belt still needed food and air and clean water, energy and shelter.
The long-haul transport was named the Lazy Songbird, but its birdlike qualities began and ended at the white letters painted on its side. From the outside, it looked like a giant garbage can with a dr...
The circle of life on Ceres was so small you could see the curve.
The circle of life on Ceres was so small you could see the curve. He liked it that way.
The beautiful thing about losing your illusions, he thought, was that you got to stop pretending.