“...because of the foulness of her mother's emotional river, a current which ran swift, changing its path without warning...” — Tamara Rose Blodgett Copy Share Image
“Just because our world is wrong doesn’t mean people don’t enjoy the binds which are holding them in. At least their binds… — Rebecca Crunden Copy Share Image
“Blessed are the wealthy, for theirs is the kingdom of influence and abundance.” — H.M. Forester Copy Share Image
“Only the sweetest of the sweet would bring brownies to the apocalypse.” — Shelly Crane Copy Share Image
In movies and in television the robots are always evil. I guess I am not into the whole brooding cyberpunk dystopia thing. — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
“It was a room full of ghosts, arranged in readiness for days that would never happen.” — Sharon Sant Copy Share Image
“Find our way out, Greenie. Solve the buggin' Maze and find our way out.” — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“There has to be beauty left in the world, Julia," said Kiyu. "Otherwise we have nothing.” — Aron Christensen Copy Share Image
Our problem right now is that we're so specialized that if the lights go out, there are a huge number of people… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“Lena squeezed her eyes shut until white flashes popped. And in that moment she knew: nothing would ever be the same again.… — Slava Pilotoff Copy Share Image
“Level-1 or world space is an anthropomorphically scaled, predominantly vision-configured, massively multi-slotted reality system that is obsolescing very rapidly. Garbage time is… — Nick Land Copy Share Image
“Believe nothing others tell you. That is Rule No 1 of life in Astro City. But what if the ones who set… — Lisa Alfonso Copy Share Image
“Not many people bothered to look for beauty beyond the greenhouses. They went about life with their heads down, just praying to… — Erica Lindquist Copy Share Image
“Husband . . . Father . . .” her mom mocked. “You think it’s the same man. But war slices people open.… — Slava Pilotoff Copy Share Image
Your worst enemy, he reflected, was your nervous system. At any moment the tension inside you was liable to translate itself into… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“It isn't just brave that she died for me; it is brave that she did it without announcing it, without hesitation, and… — Veronica Roth Copy Share Image
“Big discoveries call for even bigger responsibility, since they come with the biggest hazards, if they get into the wrong hands. As… — Sima B. Moussavian Copy Share Image
“A powerful AI system tasked with ensuring your safety might imprison you at home. If you asked for happiness, it might hook… — James Barrat Copy Share Image
“It may be that the best we can hope for when it comes to utopias is that they be held at arm's… — Edward Rothstein Copy Share Image
“Cities controlled by big companies are old hat in science fiction. My grandmother left a whole bookcase of old science fiction novels.… — Octavia E. Butler Copy Share Image
“A twisted, pale figure writhing in agony, chest bare and hideous. Tight, rigid cords of sickly green veins webbed across the boy’s… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“Zombies are not just fictional creatures that devour the flesh of the living. They also include those who follow the words of… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
“Till at last the child's mind is these suggestions, and the sum of the suggestions is the child's mind. And not the… — Huxley, Aldous Copy Share Image
“(ghost of)ACHILLES: How can I force obedience on this? In other times I've used the fear of death to make a woman… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
“Perfect crime,' he said softly. 'Yes?' 'Persuade an innocent, idealistic young girl that the future of the human race depends on her… — Jane Rogers Copy Share Image
“HECUBA: I had a knife in my skirt, Achilles. When Talthybius bent over me, I could have killed him. I wanted to.… — Sheri S. Tepper Copy Share Image
“Inside the room there sat a rocker, which she sat on, and which had rocked her while she sipped the beer, because… — Justin Dobbs Copy Share Image
“We would do well, as Orwell counselled, to see the traces of the dystopian around us, to find the ends of those… — Darran Anderson Copy Share Image
“And that date, too, is far off?' 'Far off; when it comes, think your end in this world is at hand!' 'How… — Edward George Bulwer-Lytton Copy Share Image
“Anything could be true. The so-called laws of Nature were nonsense. The law of gravity was nonsense. 'If I wished,' O'Brien had… — George Orwell Copy Share Image
“The greatest guilt of today is that of people who accept collectivism by moral default; the people who seek protection from the… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
“We’re creating a dystopia, where the mania of the state isn’t secrecy or censorship but unfairness. Obsessed with success and wealth and… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“The war didn’t break everything. It just kept unraveling afterward. The men dragged it back home with them...” — Slava Pilotoff Copy Share Image