“ Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be, because science fiction really isn't about the future. It's about change and pr… Stephen Baxter
“ In the Vortex that lies beyond time and space tumbled a police box that was not a police box. Stephen Baxter
“ Well, don't stand about like that, man; if you're no use you're certainly no ornament. Bring that in and tell me what it says. Stephen Baxter
“ If I was a cynic I would be wondering if sooner or later some charismatic douche-bag might stomp all over this Little House on the Prairie dream of yours. Stephen Baxter
“ I have a vision of a Galaxy overrun by mankind from Core to rim. Of four hundred billion stars each enslaved to the rhythm of Earth's day, Earth's year. I have a vision of a trillion planets pulsing t… Stephen Baxter
“ The past is a distraction, a source of envy, enmity, bitterness. Only the present matters, for only in the present can we shape the future.Cut loose the past; it is dead weight.Let the Extirpation con… Stephen Baxter