An older, inebriated Scot who looked like he’d been sitting on his barstool all day looked me up and down, then smelled the air. “Heh, neebr, goat a deid an’mal in yer bac’pac, or iz...

A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.

The light is the left hand of darkness

May it be written. May it be done.

In accordance with the terms of the Clarke-Asimov treaty, the second-bestscience writer dedicates this book to the second-best science-fictionwriter.[dedication to Isaac Asimov from Arthur C. Clarke in his book Report on Planet Three]

A leader doesn’t make pawns – he makes people.

The lights were off so that his heads could avoid looking at each other because neither of them was currently a particular engaging sight, nor had they been since he had made the error of...

You ever flown something before?” (Christopher)”I hold the highest score at A.S.U. for Star Wars: Starfighter.” (Kitty)”I know, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that I’m going to regret this.” (Christopher)

Kevyn, I’m promoting you from Tech Sergeant to Munitions Commander. I want you to take responsibility for all Company weapons.Munitions Commander? Why me?I don’t know. Call it “suspicion of extreme competence” on my part.-Captain Tagon...

The dentist swiveled on his heels and disappeared, leaving me there to massage my jaw back into feeling after its brief, masochistic marriage to the top of my wooden desk.

These guys we’re meeting? They’re dead. Saji has had things done to people who crossed him or whom he has perceived as crossing him. Ugly things. These guys we’re meeting? They think they’re tough. They...

So, what you’re basically telling me is death is boring but no worse than hanging out with family.

I don’t really know who I am , and I don’t know when to stop, so if I see a great big threatening button that should never ever be touched I just want to do...

This was my world: cold, tangled and distorted. -Keira

CAIAPHAS! FOREVER! CAI—”And with a piercing whistle it ended as his eardrums burst.

Pick something else”.For an instant’s flash Kylis remembered being taunted like this before, when she was very small. Anything but that. Anything but what you really want.