“Emma has switched from sanguine to sanguinary in a matter of seconds,” — Charles Stross Sanguine Copy Share Image
“To boldly go where no uploaded metahuman colony has gone before” — Charles Stross Colony Copy Share Image
More often than not, piracy is a symptom of an under-provisioned market. — Charles Stross Market Copy Share Image
Life begets intelligence, intelligence begets smart matter and a singularity. — Charles Stross Begets Copy Share Image
“Britain is relying on you, Bob, so try not to make your usual hash of things.” — Charles Stross Britain Copy Share Image
Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life. — Charles Stross Destroying Copy Share Image
“The universe is a brightly colored blur of fast-moving shapes augmented by deafening noises.” — Charles Stross Noises Copy Share Image
The problem with ebook filesharing is simply one of scale. But I think the "piracy" problem is massively over-rated. — Charles Stross Piracy Copy Share Image
The late 90s were crazy science-fictional if you were inside the superheated steam bubble of the dot-com 1.0 industry. — Charles Stross Bubbles Copy Share Image
My books are published by Hachette. My books have been blacklisted and blocked on Amazon on multiple occasions. — Charles Stross Been Copy Share Image
“Not to mention Graceless, Pointless, Feckless and Aimless, who are all under-producing and their milk is sour and they won’t go anywhere… — Charles stross Aimless Copy Share Image
Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli. — Charles Stross Christmas Copy Share Image
“After a couple of years of death by bureaucratic snu-snu (too many committee meetings, too many tedious IT admin jobs)” — Charles Stross Bureaucratic Copy Share Image
“Hate the sin, love the sinner: it’s hard to stay pissed off at someone for doing something wrong if you know you’d… — Charles Stross Hate Copy Share Image
The one thing that does happen, every time, though, is that I never get to write a book until I've already been… — Charles Stross Book Copy Share Image
“Because if there’s one thing worse than an IT manager who’s feeling the chill wind of obsolescence blowing down his neck and… — Charles Stross Management Copy Share Image
“There are all sorts of other things, investigations into silent movies and TV serials (I pulled the file on “Quatermass” for shits… — Charles Stross Harry dresden Copy Share Image
“Our worshipers have met this British agent before. Do not attempt to convert him; bring him alive before Us. He will be… — Charles Stross End time Copy Share Image
“the geas in question draws its power from the sum over time of the entire loyal British population’s faith in the Crown… — Charles Stross Time Copy Share Image
A religious college in Cairo is considering issues of nanotechnology: If replicators are used to prepare a copy of a strip of… — Charles Stross Bacon Copy Share Image
Book depository is nothing new; there've been outlets selling books internationally via mail order for many decades - the only change is… — Charles Stross Book Copy Share Image
“Money. An instrument invented in ancient temple complexes, to keep track of debt: counters that acquired mobility and went a-walking, weaving webs… — Charles Stross Debt Copy Share Image
Writers block: when I get it, it's because my subconscious spotted that I'd make a huge structural mistake in constructing a novel… — Charles Stross Block Copy Share Image
“Basically it’s a velociraptor with a fur coat and an outsize sense of entitlement. Right now it has convinced Pete that it… — Charles Stross Right now Copy Share Image
“They’re vermin, Bob. They’ve been driven inland by over-fishing and now they’re spreading disease, attacking waste collections, keeping people awake in the… — Charles Stross Credit card Copy Share Image
“Angleton is not to be trifled with. I don’t know anyone else currently alive and in the organization who could get away… — Charles Stross Misappropriating Cia Copy Share Image
“What are the consequences when the government, the media, and the leaders of commerce all speak with one voice? Why, it means… — Charles Stross Business Copy Share Image
“All around the UK, the lights are going out and the shutters are falling across the doors of dozens of offices and… — Charles Stross Cybersecurity Copy Share Image
“All right.” Panin sips at his wine. “Excuse me, but—there is a personal connection?” “What?” “You appear unduly upset ...” “Yes.” She… — Charles Stross Personal connection Copy Share Image
“I can get you a cheaper ticket if you let me amputate your legs: I can even take your thighs as a… — Charles Stross Travel 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
“The idiot child they’ve placed on the throne does not impress with his acumen.” — Charles Stross Children Copy Share Image
“If you’re a humble believer set on doing your deity’s will, then what are you doing spending the take on Lamborghinis and… — Charles Stross Humble Copy Share Image
“Back to my question: is it better to reign in Hell—or should I aspire to be a citizen in the early years… — Charles Stross Hell Copy Share Image
“That was what we call in the trade an Unscheduled Reality Excursion, usually abbreviated to ‘Oh fuck.’ ” — Charles Stross Unscheduled Reality Copy Share Image
History is another country and might be full of fascinating incidents and places to go visit - but as a destination for… — Charles Stross Country Copy Share Image
If I wanted to be in movies, I'd have gone into scriptwriting: the fact that I write novels should be a big… — Charles Stross Bigs Copy Share Image
Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop. — Charles Stross Born Copy Share Image
