#fiction

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils ... - Louis Hector Berlioz ↗

— William L.K.

#kindle-books #science-fiction #short-story #worth-reading #science

On a world where a common table implement is a little device with which you crack the ice that has formed on your drinnk between drafts, hot beer is a thing you come to appreciate. ↗

— Ursula K. Le Guin

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I tell you it's deadly when you start thinking your wife might be right. ↗

— Isaac Asimov

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That year the Ribeiro's daffodils seeded early and they seeded cockroaches. Now, ecologically speaking, even a cockroach has its place -- but these suckers bit. That didn't sound Earth-authentic to me. Not that I care, mind you, all I ask is useful. I wasn't betting on that either. ↗

— Janet Kagan

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Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know. ↗

— Ted Chiang

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A merry little surge of electricity piped by automatic alarm from the mood organ beside his bed awakened Rick Deckard. ↗

— Philip K. Dick

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If you act for self-gain then no good can come of it. If you act selflessly, then you act well for all and you must not be afraid. ↗

— Rand Miller

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A pulse of current invaded Kaitlyn’s brain, and she straightened up in her seat. It wasn’t painful; it was more of an annoyance. Like a slight buzz between her temples. Maybe even a tickle. She found it somewhat interesting that the test never picked up on her body's awareness of Lucas. Obviously, the computers didn’t know everything. ↗

— Julia Crane

#young-adult-fantasy #nature

As for peace, it was never free and laws were made to be broken. Peacemaker or lawbreaker, someone, somewhere always paid the price no matter what side of the words they were on. ↗

— Virginia McKevitt

#adventure-stories #fantasy #fiction #mystery #paranormal-romance

Suppose whatever we can recognize we can find. We can if P=NP. ↗

— Lance Fortnow

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