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“I just start writing, and in the process, one hopefully comes up with ideas and solutions and explores all the little nooks and crannies.” quote by Alastair Reynolds — Download Open image

“I just start writing, and in the process, one hopefully comes up with ideas and solutions and explores all the little nooks and crannies.”

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“We have made some collective mistakes as a species, it’s true – invested too much power in things we can’t see, let alone control. But look at the world we have, Chiku. For all its failings, things could be a great deal worse. No one’s died in any wars lately, or been murdered, or left to rot in a prison,…

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“There's a vorg loose," Meroka explained. "In case that escaped your attention. Ricasso's doing his bit for Swarm, trying to kill the thing before it sucks someone's brains out. Now he might be able to find time in his schedule to file that paperwork you need, but I'm guessing it's going to be a stretch, what with a monster on…

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“The two men -- Fray and Malkin -- were standing near each other. They were not unarmed. They were quite seriously not unarmed. Both men were carrying -- or at least aiming -- what could only be categorised as small artillery pieces: two bulky gas-powered spinguns, so heavy that they had to be strapped to their bodies via thick leather…

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I couldn't think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot.

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When I'm working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one.

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Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.

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Autocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.

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The image of blacks usually is one of people who are suffering from hunger, unemployment, and poverty. The idea of them as agents and activists - as starting revolutions - does not exist in most people's minds. And I think it's very, very important that folks understand how much this country was founded on the enslavement of blacks, and how…

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