“ If I could time travel into the future, my first port of call would be the point where medical technology is at its best because, like most people on this planet, I have this aversion to dying. Neal Asher
“ Gemmell's name guarantees a satisfying story and a thumping good read. I recommend all his heroic creations - 'Druss the axeman,' 'the Jerusalem man,' among others - but my favourite has to be 'Waylan… Neal Asher
“ And, when the revolutionary cries that he is fighting for ‘freedom’, be sure to go running away from him just as fast as you can, for you can be damned certain he’s fighting for the freedom to tell yo… Neal Asher
“ It is very difficult to motivate people to revolution when they are extremely comfortable and well off. Neal Asher
“ The greatest admission a human can make is that perhaps he does not have the intelligence, the vision, the grasp to fully understand the universe, and that perhaps no human ever will. To put it all do… Neal Asher
“ Harl whirled round, all his attention ... on Skulker. "What is that on your carapace?""What?" Skulker tried to peer back... A tinny voice issued from somewhere... It took Skulker a moment to recognize… Neal Asher
“ It seemed that, after contact with a few human generations, sand hogs would begin to understand human speech. The irony was that after coming to understand their riders fully, the beasts often ended u… Neal Asher
“ It all came back to human time and utterly human impulses: in the end, gods did not appreciate godlike power, but humans did. Neal Asher
“ Thus, in moments of catastrophe, when hard decisions needed to be made quickly, all AIs included in their calculations a human death toll governed by a factor called ‘pigheadedness’. Neal Asher
“ Coloron often pondered how a race, in which the stupid seemed more inclined to breed, had managed to come this far, and why human intelligence persisted—a discussion point in the nature vs nurture deb… Neal Asher
“ Try to think like a human,’ said Gant, lolling in one of the club chairs.‘Why should I restrict myself so severely? Neal Asher
