Whether you're an extra or the hero, this story is about to end. When it's done, whatever you want to be will be up to you and only you. It will happen away from the eyes of any audience and from the...
When I was twelve, my appendix burst, and as they were wheeling my ass into the operating room, I asked the doctor, How will this affect my piano playing? and he said, Don’t worry, you’ll still be abl...
What is it like when you lose someone you love? Jane asked. You die, too, I said. And you wait around for your body to catch up. Is that what you’re doing now? Jane said. Waiting for your body to catc...
What is it like when you lose someone you love? Jane asked. You die, too, I said. And you wait around for your body to catch up.
Wes is Wes, Alastair said. One in every family. I love him, but I think of him as a sarcastic pet.
Well, I’m sorry my telling the truth about the stupid things you do is inconvenient for you,
We've already established whoever is writing us is an asshole.
We buy time where we may. You bought yourself time, Oi agreed. I don’t think it’s of very good quality.
This novel took me rather longer than usual to write, for a number of reasons but one big one being simply that 2017 was a raging trash fire of a year, filled with horrible people trying to do horribl...
There has never been a military in the entire history of the human race that has gone to war equipped with more than the least that it needs to fight its enemy. War is expensive. It costs money and it...
Szilard looked over at Robbins. Is it true? he said. Which part, sir? Robbins said. That you don’t like General Mattson, Szilard said. He can take some getting used to, sir, Robbins said. By which he...
Other science fiction shows had science advisers and consultants, Hanson pointed out.It's science fiction, Weinstein said. The second part of that phrase matters too.But you're making it bad science...
One of the great unwritten chapters of retail intelligence programming featured a personal shopper program that all-too-accurately modeled the shoppers’ desires and outputted purchase ideas based on w...
On the sixth day, Jared and the rest of the 8th finally figured out what that sex thing was all about. On the seventh day, and as a direct consequence of the sixth day, they rested.
Oh for God's sake how divine can I be? My feet hurt, I have gas and I need to pee.
Now if you’ll excuse me, gentlemen, I need to play Russian roulette with our planet’s future with the bullet you’ve so thoughtfully provided. I hope you don’t mind if I don’t see you out.
Jesus, Kerensky said, looking around. You people. I have one of the most incredible experiences I'll have, talking with the one person who really gets me - who really me - and you're all down here t...
I’ve been told my liminal space is like the dark of the grave. But I think of it as the dark from the other end of life entirely. The dark of everything ahead, not everything behind.
It’s not that Seaborg disliked Harvey, but after a couple of combat drops with the 2nd Platoon one got the sense that if you didn’t like things to explode unnecessarily around you, you would want to s...
It’s just a reminder that war favors the rich. The ones who can leave, do. The ones who can’t, suffer. Kiva was silent for a moment. Then, Fuck you for having a conscience, Tomi.