“Take it for granted that the government will disregard long-term dangers-such as those affecting the environment-in order to cling to power; that the citizenry will do the same because thinking is too much like hard work; and then the handful… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
For all the claims one hears about the liberating impact of the data-net, the truth is that it's wished on most of us a… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“Take stock, citizen bacillus, Now that there are so many billions of you, Bleeding through your opened veins, Into your bathtub, or into the… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“What hurt him most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“He had many names, but one nature, and this unique nature made him subject to certain laws not binding upon ordinary persons. In a… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“True, you’re not a slave. You’re worse off than that by a long, long way. You’re a predatory beast shut up in a cage… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“There's an ingrained distrust in our society of highly intelligent, highly trained, highly competent persons. One need only look at the last presidential election… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“It's natural for a man to defend what's dear to him: his own life, his home, his family. But in order to make him… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“Time entails memory, memory entails conscience, conscience entails thought for the future, which is itself implied by the existence of time.” — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“It's not because my mind is made up that I don't want you to confuse me with any more facts. It's because my mind… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
There are two kinds of fools. One says, "This is old, and therefore good." And one says, " This is new, and therefore better. — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“The walls were chipped and needed paint. The windows were mostly okay but one pane was blocked with cardboard. There were fleas the exterminator… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
“Right! Right! 'Stead of which, over here, they shit in the water until it's dangerous to drink, then make a fucking fortune out of… — John Brunner Copy Share Image
