“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.’ Lisa” — 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
