What I'm hoping for is something that goes much, much further than the conservative enablers of dog-eat-dog capitalism putting on a puppet… — Charles Stross Capitalism Copy Share Image
--but I find her personality annoying. It's like being molested by a sleeping bag that speaks in Comic Sans with little love-hearts… — Charles Stross Annoying Copy Share Image
“(Computers aren’t as powerful as most people think; running even a small and rather stupid intern can really bog down a server.)” — Charles Stross Computers Copy Share Image
I have a low taste for urban fantasy and paranormal romance. — Charles Stross Fantasy Copy Share Image
“He monologued at me. With PowerPoint.★★ ★★He what? And you’re still sane? Obviously I underestimated you.★★” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Novels are one of the few remaining areas of narrative storytelling where one person does almost all of the creative heavy lifting. — Charles Stross Books Copy Share Image
“Give me a bottle of Mountain Dew, an MP3 player hammering out something by VNV Nation, and a crate of Pringles: that’s… — Charles Stross Home Copy Share Image
The Magician's Land is a triumphant climax to the best fantasy trilogy of the decade. — Charles Stross Climax Copy Share Image
Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown. — Charles Stross Brown Copy Share Image
“First and most importantly, death is just the absence of life—oh, and for human beings, the absence of consciousness, too, but not… — Charles Stross Consciousness Copy Share Image
“I’m a believer. And like I said, I wish I was still an atheist. Believing I was born into a harsh, uncaring… — Charles Stross Truth Copy Share Image
“The European Parliament responded by focusing on corporate governance. If corporations wanted to be legal citizens they could damned well shoulder the… — Charles Stross Corporations Copy Share Image
I don't do villains often enough. There are two approaches: give them sympathetic, reasonable motivations for doing the most unspeakable things, or… — Charles Stross Broken Copy Share Image
“either they’re trying to upsell you a fifty-quid-a-head artisanal pork pie (serving this week: Peppa Pig’s Uncle Bertie’s left haunch, marinaded in… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“This is serious business: you’re representing the Laundry in front of the Black Chamber and some very big defence contractors, old school… — Charles Stross Business Copy Share Image
Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children. — Charles Stross Children Copy Share Image
“It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good… — Charles Stross Good man Copy Share Image
“Accelerating to speeds faster than light was, of course, impossible. General relativity had made that clear enough back in the twentieth century.… — Charles Stross General relativity Copy Share Image
Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, "if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating… — Charles Stross Brain Copy Share Image
The programmers have another saying: 'The question of whether a machine can think is no more interesting than the question of whether… — Charles Stross Computers Copy Share Image
“Look, we know, now, that a singularity doesn’t turn into a voracious predator that eats all the dumb matter in its path,… — Charles Stross Change Copy Share Image
“He looks like the bastard offspring of a multitool and a mangabot.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
