This must be the sixth realm, the nameless void. Entropy is the only lord here. We will all bow down before him in the end.
They would have thought me mad, even Kristabel. Flying carriages. People who live forever. Hundreds of inhabited worlds. Machine servants instead of genistars. Cities where Makkathran would be naught...
The human race, for all our facets and our institutional stupidity, is something I believe in. I admire our diversity, our stubbornness. The dynamic of conflict is one of our greatest traits.
That’s a huge gamble. We’re long past the time for careful certainty.
So government did what government always does when confronted with an opposition which can’t be brought down by fair and legal means. It cheated.
National and regional governments were committing vast resources into combating the biosphere breakdown. Social welfare, infrastructure administration, health care, and security — the fields governmen...
Life alone is precious, but conscious thought is the greatest gift the universe offers.
Lawyers had abolished the simple concept of right and wrong, turning it into degrees of guilt.
Justine watched two azure moons traverse the sparkling smear of Wall stars. They were in very strange orbits. And moving impossibly fast – actually accelerating. ‘Oh my God,’ she gasped. The Raiel’s p...
It's always quicker and easier to tear things down than it is to build them back up again.
If you want to understand how a government works, the laws tell you.
Ian kept his brain in his dick,
I don’t get it. There’s nothing here. Send your invasion force halfway across the galaxy so they can build a five star ski resort? That’s crazy.
He never did understand why people admired or even collected art. The greatest human artist could never hope to match what nature did with a single flower.
Fanatics,’ Kandara replied automatically. ‘I’m no longer surprised by what they do, by the misery and suffering they inflict on others. Ideology is a sick soul-meme; it gnaws basic decency away until...
Besides, she was only a kid, she needed him.
Back in the day, surplus harvests or an excess of rare minerals had been quietly shoved out into oblivion, assisting the market price, reaping bigger profits for the financial sectors at the expense o...
As if we didn't have enough weapons already. But that's human nature, we've always got to go one better, to increase the terror another notch.
Always demand proof of nirvana before you start following messiahs who’re selling it to you. Those guys don’t exactly have the greatest track record in the universe.
You are new to sentience. Your behaviour is still affected by your animal origin.