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Alastair Reynolds quotes: Half of all the great art and literature in existence went unrecognised during the lifetimes of its creators.

Half of all the great art and literature in existence went unrecognised during the lifetimes of its creators.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Having created these cognitively enhanced creatures, the safest option at the time appeared to be to launch them into interstellar space.

Having created these cognitively enhanced creatures, the safest option at the time appeared to be to launch them into interstellar space.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I thought we were better then this.""We're human. Be thankful we've moved on from clubbing each other's brains out every five minutes.

I thought we were better then this."
"We're human. Be thankful we've moved on from clubbing each other's brains out every five minutes.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: None of us is a monster, Chiku. We're all just trying to make the best of our singular natures.

None of us is a monster, Chiku. We're all just trying to make the best of our singular natures.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Life was a very odd thing indeed, he reflected, when you really thought about it.

Life was a very odd thing indeed, he reflected, when you really thought about it.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.

You worry that we're becoming monsters. Merlin, we already were monsters. You didn't make us any worse.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: But the trouble with simulations is that they put up with far too much shit.

But the trouble with simulations is that they put up with far too much shit.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Nonetheless, we offer our forgiveness. What is the point in being a superior civilisation if you can't do that once in a while? I

Nonetheless, we offer our forgiveness. What is the point in being a superior civilisation if you can't do that once in a while? I

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Given up, Khouri? It's not in my dictionary.

Given up, Khouri? It's not in my dictionary.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Can we drop the 'artificial intelligence'? It's a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system.

Can we drop the 'artificial intelligence'? It's a bit like me calling you a meat-based processing system.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Adapt and survive. Make do and mend. These were good mottos for a time traveller.

Adapt and survive. Make do and mend. These were good mottos for a time traveller.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It was an exceedingly odd thing to see an elephant in a spacesuit.

It was an exceedingly odd thing to see an elephant in a spacesuit.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: But beyond a certain scale vast was simply vast.

But beyond a certain scale vast was simply vast.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: All I do know is that in six hours I could be suffering from acute existence failure.

All I do know is that in six hours I could be suffering from acute existence failure.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.

A city's only ever three hot meals away from anarchy.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment.

I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.

I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: History is what we write, not what we remember. Why should we tarnish the memory of our planet by enshrining our less then noble deeds?

History is what we write, not what we remember. Why should we tarnish the memory of our planet by enshrining our less then noble deeds?

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient planets.

It looked like a biology lesson for gods, or a snapshot of the kind of pornography which might be enjoyed by sentient planets.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: There was a moment of absolute cosmic cold, as if a billion tiny doors had opened in every cell of his body, letting in the draught of creation.

There was a moment of absolute cosmic cold, as if a billion tiny doors had opened in every cell of his body, letting in the draught of creation.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Even monsters are beautiful.

Even monsters are beautiful.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Such was the nature of obsessions: no quarter given for the human cost.

Such was the nature of obsessions: no quarter given for the human cost.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: But a constant, low-level background of crime may help a society become more robust, more resilient.

But a constant, low-level background of crime may help a society become more robust, more resilient.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: First rule of complex systems," I said. "You can't tell friends from enemies.

First rule of complex systems," I said. "You can't tell friends from enemies.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I'll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason.

I'll argue to the death against stupid legislation, but some rules exist for a reason.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Quantum reality is a nest of snakes, Clavain, and we are already poking it with a very sharp stick.

Quantum reality is a nest of snakes, Clavain, and we are already poking it with a very sharp stick.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: That,' Peregrine said, 'is civilisation. Not all who were rewarded deserved to be; not all who should have been were.

That,' Peregrine said, 'is civilisation. Not all who were rewarded deserved to be; not all who should have been were.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Across the land, the semaphore towers stood deathly still.

Across the land, the semaphore towers stood deathly still.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: He was a thin, elegant-looking man with precise symmetrical features and the hushed, disapproving manner of a senior librarian.

He was a thin, elegant-looking man with precise symmetrical features and the hushed, disapproving manner of a senior librarian.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I live each day as it comes." "It's the only way. Pedro

I live each day as it comes." "It's the only way. Pedro

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Where no man has gone before - who said that - William Shakespeare?""I've no idea.

Where no man has gone before - who said that - William Shakespeare?"
"I've no idea.

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

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

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Nothing endures, except nothing itself.

Nothing endures, except nothing itself.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It's not how far you've come that matters. It's where you've come from.

It's not how far you've come that matters. It's where you've come from.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: The trouble with the dead, Triumvir Ilia Volyova thought, was that they had no real idea when to shut up.

The trouble with the dead, Triumvir Ilia Volyova thought, was that they had no real idea when to shut up.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: This is life. It's not a dress rehearsal. If we don't do this now, we may as well start planning our own funerals.

This is life. It's not a dress rehearsal. If we don't do this now, we may as well start planning our own funerals.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Everyone has their fulcrum, Chiku. You can bend anyone to any cause with the right timing.

Everyone has their fulcrum, Chiku. You can bend anyone to any cause with the right timing.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.

Without risk in our lives, we're scarcely better than machines ourselves.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Sooner or later everything boils down to trust. You just have to make that leap of faith.

Sooner or later everything boils down to trust. You just have to make that leap of faith.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: They would continue to live in New Tiamaat, orbiting Crucible.

They would continue to live in New Tiamaat, orbiting Crucible.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I'm not massively fond of right-wing nutters or war criminals.

I'm not massively fond of right-wing nutters or war criminals.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Masai and elephants. The rest is dust.

Masai and elephants. The rest is dust.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.

Enjoy it, kid. Enjoy feeling that you can make a difference.' Floyd flashed him a smile. 'It won't last for ever.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.

It's an ancient technique known as lying, Khouri.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Wind snapped at me, warm and fragrant. The atmosphere was thick with pollen and micro-organisms, goading my body's ancient defences.

Wind snapped at me, warm and fragrant. The atmosphere was thick with pollen and micro-organisms, goading my body's ancient defences.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It was one of the oldest tricks of mob-management: give them a hate figure. The

It was one of the oldest tricks of mob-management: give them a hate figure. The

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.

I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Humanity is an assemblage of information-processing entities, and in that regard you have potential.

Humanity is an assemblage of information-processing entities, and in that regard you have potential.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Still, it was vision, or at least vision's idiot cousin.

Still, it was vision, or at least vision's idiot cousin.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Weyl curvature tensor ... but consciousness was no

Weyl curvature tensor ... but consciousness was no

Alastair Reynolds quotes: The first six million years had been all fun and games.

The first six million years had been all fun and games.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I am not cruel," he said. "Not in the sense you mean. But cruelty is a useful tool if one can only recognise the precise moment when it must be

I am not cruel," he said. "Not in the sense you mean. But cruelty is a useful tool if one can only recognise the precise moment when it must be used.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Behold the wedding gun,' the Ordinator said, holding the box aloft.

Behold the wedding gun,' the Ordinator said, holding the box aloft.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Life is precious. Infinitely so. Perhaps it takes a machine intelligence to appreciate that."~"Understanding Space & Time

Life is precious. Infinitely so. Perhaps it takes a machine intelligence to appreciate that."
~"Understanding Space & Time

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Well," she said, "I see it hasn't got a fuck of a lot better since I was away.

Well," she said, "I see it hasn't got a fuck of a lot better since I was away.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Clavain was looking at a hyperpig: a genetic chimera of pig and human.

Clavain was looking at a hyperpig: a genetic chimera of pig and human.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It was a mansion of ghosts and monsters, with ghouls in the shadows and demons scuttling behind the wainscotting.

It was a mansion of ghosts and monsters, with ghouls in the shadows and demons scuttling behind the wainscotting.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: We should have brought a torch," he was saying. "We have been to Saturn and back and we didn't bring a torch.

We should have brought a torch," he was saying. "We have been to Saturn and back and we didn't bring a torch.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: The next time you need a piece of apparently obscure information, try asking a science fiction writer. You might be surprised.

The next time you need a piece of apparently obscure information, try asking a science fiction writer. You might be surprised.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: You look older, son." "Yes, well, some of us have to get on with the business of being alive in the entropic universe.

You look older, son." "Yes, well, some of us have to get on with the business of being alive in the entropic universe.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: You didn't weld it shut or anything like that?""Yes, stupid me, I forgot.

You didn't weld it shut or anything like that?"
"Yes, stupid me, I forgot.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I'm always serious about my fun. I

I'm always serious about my fun. I

Alastair Reynolds quotes: An idea so dangerous it can't be discussed. I thought we buried all that nonsense back in the Dark Ages.

An idea so dangerous it can't be discussed. I thought we buried all that nonsense back in the Dark Ages.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Some promises are best broken. Trust me on this: I'm a politician.

Some promises are best broken. Trust me on this: I'm a politician.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.

I think I've reduced the amount of blood in my caffeine system to an acceptable level.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: At best noise, at worse a potentially damaging input.

At best noise, at worse a potentially damaging input.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway.

As the old saying went, the Manhattan Project wasn't built in a day. Or was that Rome? Something to do with Earth, anyway.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It's called optimism - but I'm losing the hang of it fast.

It's called optimism - but I'm losing the hang of it fast.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Everything ends,' the Master said. 'That's the beauty of it.

Everything ends,' the Master said. 'That's the beauty of it.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Nothing had ever existed between us except the possibility of something, and now even that was over.

Nothing had ever existed between us except the possibility of something, and now even that was over.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Rise to the occasion. Roar like a lion.

Rise to the occasion. Roar like a lion.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: We all have it in us to be something other than what we are, I thought, but we don't often get a glimpse of what we could have been

We all have it in us to be something other than what we are, I thought, but we don't often get a glimpse of what we could have been

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Victory loses its meaning without the memory of what you've vanquished.

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

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Surely you can hear him now?

Surely you can hear him now?

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.

I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It's one thing to be given a big boxful of theory and quite another to make an engine out of it.

It's one thing to be given a big boxful of theory and quite another to make an engine out of it.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.

The cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: We have worlds to save, Doctor Aziba.""That sounds ... compelling," the physician allowed.

We have worlds to save, Doctor Aziba."
"That sounds ... compelling," the physician allowed.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: It is always better to try and fail than not to try.

It is always better to try and fail than not to try.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point.

I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: And the knowledge that humanity was not alone in the universe would be as relevant to most as the knowledge that protons were built of quarks.

And the knowledge that humanity was not alone in the universe would be as relevant to most as the knowledge that protons were built of quarks.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.

I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.

Alastair Reynolds quotes: Weapons readiness?" "Nominal," Dalal

Weapons readiness?" "Nominal," Dalal