Nature was tough, it could be dangerous, but unlike Dr. Cable or shay, or peris-unlike people in general-it made sense. The problems it threw at you could be solved rationally.
Perhaps it’s worth saying again: One reader’s discomfort should never stand in the way of another reader’s survival.
Sometimes it felt like her life was a series of falls from ever-greater heights.
It doesn’t take much convincing to make someone believe they’re better than everyone else.
Emperors are vain and useless things.
To everyone who loves a long-secret romance, revealed at last.
In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.
Turns out if you never lie, there’s always someone mad at you.
History would indicate that the majority of people have always been sheep.
What if destiny doesn’t care?
Life doesn’t come with an instruction manual.
Perhaps Clankers and Darwinists would always be at war, if only in their hearts.
A rousing tale of techno-geek rebellion, as necessary and dangerous as file sharing, free speech, and bottled water on a plane.
You can’t blame a match for a house made of straw, Alek.
The man was allergic to sleep.
Barking hard work, being a boy.
Most men’s awareness doesn’t extend past their dinner plates.
But you know what? It’s not my behavior I’m worried about anymore. It’s yours.
Money’s the same, whoever gives it to you. That was the point of money, after all: crisp and clean or wrinkled or disintegrated into quarters – a dollar was always worth a hundred cents.
I go where the lizards tell me.