“To boldly go where no uploaded metahuman colony has gone before” — Charles Stross Colony Copy Share Image
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty. — Charles Stross Forget Copy Share Image
“But otherwise it’s darkness, darkness, as far as the eye can see.” — Charles Stross Darkness Copy Share Image
It's usually quite easy to shrug and write something else instead. — Charles Stross Easy Copy Share Image
I don't like Amazon (wearing my author hat, not my customer hat). — Charles Stross Amazon Copy Share Image
Fiction is the study of the human condition under imagined circumstances. — Charles Stross Circumstances Copy Share Image
“reach into my travel bag and pull out my hacked Palm computer,” — Charles Stross Hacked Copy Share Image
We're currently living with a generation of established novelists who are embarrassingly out of date with respect to social networking, internet skills,… — Charles Stross Generations Copy Share Image
I'm an individual. I do not want to get into a pissing match with an organization that is a de-facto gigadollar-turnover multinational! — Charles Stross Individual Copy Share Image
I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find… — Charles Stross Books Copy Share Image
“and go looking for a potted plant that appears hardy enough to survive being irrigated with the stuff.” — Charles Stross Flower Copy Share Image
While writing a novel I almost completely stop reading books in the same sub-genre for the duration. — Charles Stross Book Copy Share Image
What I read: while I'm writing, I tend to go off reading fiction for relaxation - especially the challenging stuff. It's too… — Charles Stross Books Copy Share Image
“Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.” — Charles Stross Internet Copy Share Image
Idiots emit bogons, causing machinery to malfunction in their presence. System administrators absorb bogons, letting machinery work again. — Charles Stross Administrators Copy Share Image
I reckon I can count on 30 more writing years, averaging a book a year (I can't keep up the 2-2.5 a… — Charles Stross Book Copy Share Image
Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the… — Charles Stross Casts Copy Share Image
I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's… — Charles Stross Adverbs Copy Share Image
“For my sins and because I discovered a wunch of bankers suffering from the syndrome to which we’ve assigned the keyword OPERA… — Charles Stross Programming Copy Share Image
I'm a fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberal, and I think fuzzy-headed warm-hearted liberalism is an ideological stance that needs defending-if necessary, with a hob-nailed… — Charles Stross Boots Copy Share Image
Today, we see some "file sharing" sites that rely on fans uploading cracked copies of ebooks, and which then make money off… — Charles Stross Advertising Copy Share Image
“Shut up. Stand up. Put this on. That’s right . . . if you were the kind of man who found it easy to do… — Charles Stross Bother Copy Share Image
Most established novelists are writing books informed by experiences gained in their youth. Middle age is not the best time to be… — Charles Stross Adopting Copy Share Image
“This is a joke. Right?” I’m pointing at the green-screen terminal on the desk, and the huge dial-infested rotary phone beside it.… — Charles Stross Nobody knows Copy Share Image
“AFTER WE DO THE WASHING-UP, I GET TO SPEND THE REST OF the evening reading FAQs on cat maintenance on the web.… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“All right.” Panin sips at his wine. “Excuse me, but—there is a personal connection?” “What?” “You appear unduly upset ...” “Yes.” She… — Charles Stross Personal connection Copy Share Image
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible… — Charles Stross Agony Copy Share Image
I suspect losing paper maps but gaining GPS and online maps is a similar step function: maps still exist, but they're vastly… — Charles Stross Atlas Copy Share Image
“NASA are idiots. They want to send canned meat to Mars!” Manfred swallows a mouthful of beer, aggressively plonks his glass on… — Charles Stross Right now Copy Share Image
“What are the consequences when the government, the media, and the leaders of commerce all speak with one voice? Why, it means… — Charles Stross Business Copy Share Image
“Don’t you have any concept of individuality?" she asks, annoyed by its presumption at meddling with her internal states. "Individuality is an… — Charles Stross Capitalism Copy Share Image
“Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness," Aineko says with a theatrical sigh. "You're as stupid as it's possible for an… — Charles Stross Memory Copy Share Image
We are Bay Aryans from Berkeley: prepare to be reengineered in an attractive range of color schemes for your safety and comfort! — Charles Stross Attractive Copy Share Image
I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the… — Charles Stross Access Copy Share Image
Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar,… — Charles Stross Answers Copy Share Image
It turns out that the killer application for virtual reality is other human beings. Build a world that people want to inhabit,… — Charles Stross Human Copy Share Image
“can’t decide whether his next show should be a sitcom about government bureaucrats or a horror series” — Charles Stross Politics Copy Share Image
If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output… — Charles Stross Burn out Copy Share Image
The late 90s were crazy science-fictional if you were inside the superheated steam bubble of the dot-com 1.0 industry. — Charles Stross Bubbles Copy Share Image
