“I am giving you examples of the fact that this creature man, who in his own selfish affairs is a coward to the backbone, will fight for an idea like a hero. . . . I tell you, gentlemen, if you can shew a man a piece of what he now calls God's work to do, and what he will later call by many new names, you can make him entirely reckless of the consequences to himself personally.” IfsMenGivingIdeasFactsFightingNamesWorkPiecesExampleHeroCreaturesConsequenceAffairSelfishGentlemanCowardRecklessBackbone Author:George Bernard Shaw
“The highest compliment I can give a science fiction book is that it's 'plausibly surreal' - it manages to feel like a relentless extrapolation from today even as it overwhelms with unexpected consequences of that extrapolation.” GivingFeelsI CanBookTodayFictionHighestConsequenceScience FictionManageUnexpectedComplimentSurrealRelentless Author:Jamais Cascio