It had long been established in the Civil Worlds that public business was to be transparent, and personal business opaque; but it was as well recognised that the two would always have a turbulent interface, and that the clique, the… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
The idea of determinism combined with complete human responsibility struck me as very hard to reconcile with an idea of justice, let alone mercy. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“That evening, Hope wrote a letter to her MP, Jack Crow. She found no difficulty at all in composing it, but quite a bit… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
All life is a struggle for existence. Why should it cease to be a struggle if it spreads among the stars? — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
The world has become one big grassy knoll, crawling with lone gunmen who think they're the Warren Commission. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“She read it over, decided it was too complicated for Memo , and ran it through an app called MyTxt4Dummies.” — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“On this rock we had built our church. We had founded our idealism on the most nihilistic implications of science, our socialism on crass… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“Comrades and friends,’ he begins, the translation and lip-synch software maxing his street-cred as usual in all the languages of the Community. For this… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“That there was no God was a given, as far as Hope was concerned, and being nice to people and making the most of… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“Oh, no," Hope said. "I'm not. No, I don't believe in all that , but it's - well, it's two things. One is my… — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
