“Pyotr said that all children were God’s children, even those whose minds had been overwritten by alien memes. “What about the Jackaroo and the !Cha?” Tony said. “Those also.” “And the Elder Cultures?” “Of course. The universe and everything in… — Paul McAuley Copy Share Image
“The tug of the lodestar slowly grew stronger until, with an abrupt quantum jump, it was a physical force prying at her mind. She… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“Where are we going?” Tony said. “Somewhere wonderful,” Unlikely Worlds said.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“Sometimes you hit the jackpot and sometimes the jackpot hits you, I guess.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“They celebrated in a bar, and after half a dozen cocktails came to the mutual decision that it would be a blast to get… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“There are many stories,” Unlikely Worlds said, “but most follow similar patterns.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“The things you people can do now!” Unlikely Worlds said. “The stories you make!” — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“Pyotr said that all children were God’s children, even those whose minds had been overwritten by alien memes. “What about the Jackaroo and the… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“ Abulanam’s Pride emerged into a sky dominated by the heaven tree of a stellar nursery. Billowing thunderheads and swirling currents of sooty dust,… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“They were sitting outside the big Starbucks that anchored the western end of Pioneer Square. Lisa was drinking iced tea sweetened with half a… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“There were hundreds of worlds like it, most of them littered with the usual Elder Culture ruins, the usual secrets waiting to be unlocked.… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“A lesson to people who think that, just because they’re a little smarter and luckier than ordinary people, they can do as they please.’… — Paul McAuley Copy Share