Back before the internet we had a name for people who bought a single copy of our books and lent them to… — Charles Stross Book Copy Share Image
For a sampler, you could try my short story collection "Wireless". Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one… — Charles Stross Awards Copy Share Image
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format… — Charles Stross Acquire Copy Share Image
Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its… — Charles Stross Gone Copy Share Image
The real challenge in this line of work is being able to weed the productive ones from the chaff, to decide which… — Charles Stross Nine months Copy Share Image
Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among… — Charles Stross Debate Copy Share Image
“[...] Howard Phillips Lovecraft of Providence, Rhode Island, for cultivating a florid and overblown prose style that covered the entire spectrum from… — Charles Stross Rhode island Copy Share Image
Speech recognition is utterly crap for writing fiction. If you try reading a novel aloud you'll soon figure out why - written… — Charles Stross Communication Copy Share Image
“Very good, Mr. Howard. They were the ones who didn’t try to second-guess their commanding officer. Can I suggest that in future… — Charles Stross Books Copy Share Image
“Hopefully we don’t end up as someone else’s dinner.” For a moment I feel a stab of remorse for the lamb: born… — Charles Stross Lamb Copy Share Image
“See, it’s the sudden cognitive whiplash that does it. One moment you’re cruising along effortlessly at thirty thousand feet while the cabin… — Charles Stross Business 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
“Growing old is natural," growls the old woman. "When you’ve lived long enough for all your ambitions to be in ruins, friendships… — Charles Stross Growing old Copy Share Image
“Don’t you have any concept of individuality?" she asks, annoyed by its presumption at meddling with her internal states. "Individuality is an… — Charles Stross Capitalism Copy Share Image
“America is the place where you cannot kill your Government by killing the men who conduct it. The only way you can… — Charles Stross Killing Copy Share Image
“They’ll like it even less if I hear any words from them,” I said. You have to be firm with colonial troops:… — Charles Stross Commanding Copy Share Image
“Martian invasion: sure, the Army understands what it needs to do, if not necessarily how to go about it. Religious apocalypses involving… — Charles Stross Armies Copy Share Image
I'm wearing black leggings and a loose top festooned with a Menger sponge of empty pockets stitched out of smaller pockets and… — Charles Stross Black Copy Share Image
Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard… — Charles Stross Books Copy Share Image
“My computer terminal whistles at me: YOU HAVE MAIL. No shit, Sherlock, I always have mail. It's an existential thing: if I… — Charles Stross Computers Copy Share Image
“If they’re smart enough to be useful they get ideas about making themselves indispensable—ideas about getting above their station, as you Brits… — Charles Stross Corporations Copy Share Image
“...A vision from a universe where the Equal Rights Amendment--with its redefinition of personhood--is rejected by the house of deputies: A universe… — Charles Stross Civil rights Copy Share Image
“Imagine, Sir David, the end of all you ever wanted brought about because an idiot banker did not prioritize highly enough a… — Charles Stross Sir David 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
“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
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
“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
“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
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
The business of fiction is the study of the human condition, and gender is something that many humans are obsessed with, thus… — Charles Stross Business Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think death is even more inevitable than taxes," his grandmother replies bleakly. "Humans don’t live in a vacuum; we’re part… — Charles Stross Death 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
I tend to think that immortal souls, invisible sky daddies, and Santa Claus all belong in the same basket. The disposition of… — Charles Stross Baskets Copy Share Image
If I was a Marxist I'd call it the crisis of capitalism. Even though I'm not a Marxist, that seems like a… — Charles Stross Capitalism Copy Share Image
“It’s lovely, like the moment of stunned disbelief immediately after you finally snap and tell the world’s most annoying office-mate to shut… — Charles Stross Moment of silence Copy Share Image
I have a CS degree and a history that includes working as a software developer and being a computer magazine columnist back… — Charles Stross Attention Copy Share Image
“If he wakes the ancient sleeping horrors I am going to have to brief the private secretary and the Joint Intelligence Oversight… — Charles Stross Nightmare Copy Share Image
The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There's a… — Charles Stross Becoming Copy Share Image
“In case you’re worried about BLUE HADES, Professoe O’Brien speaks the language and is qualified to Liase. She’s also completed her certification… — Charles Stross Speaks Language Copy Share Image
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