“He had enough troubles, he thought, without inventing new ones for the future. He was middling lost, starving, and with an excellent chance of never returning to the house alive. Floods and earthquakes and plagues of locusts were rather unnecessary.” — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
I figured if Allah had wanted us up that early, He wouldn't have invented noon. — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
Various Horsemen are abroad, doing their various Apocalyptic things. — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
“He had enough troubles, he thought, without inventing new ones for the future. He was middling lost, starving, and with an excellent chance of… — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
I looked at myself in the mirror. I looked awful, but I always look awful in the mirror. I keep myself going with the… — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
“Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from doubletalk.” — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
“Madness, by the life of the Prophet! Audran felt as if he were peering through a narrow tunnel, seeing the world with Abu Adil's… — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
“Just because your electronics are better than ours, you aren't necessarily superior in any way. Look, imagine that you humans are a man in… — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image