“There were hundreds of worlds like it, most of them littered with the usual Elder Culture ruins, the usual secrets waiting to be unlocked. This one had been colonised by an atechnic cult sixty years ago. Maybe they were living… — 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 felt everything else fall away, felt the same out-of-body swoon she’d experienced on First Foot when she’d stared too long at the star at the edge of the Badlands. Felt as if she was expanding beyond… — Paul McAuley Copy Share
“Where are we going?” Tony said. “Somewhere wonderful,” Unlikely Worlds said.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share Image
“Sometimes you hit the jackpot and sometimes the jackpot hits you, I guess.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“Keeping the human race in check must require a lot of multitasking.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share Image
“There are many stories,” Unlikely Worlds said, “but most follow similar patterns.” — Paul McAuley Copy Share Image
“The things you people can do now!” Unlikely Worlds said. “The stories you make!” — Paul McAuley Copy Share Image
“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 Image
“ 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 Image
“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 Image
