Nightside, cities glistened in chains, and a spray of tinkertoy habitats girdled the planet. Gossamer starbridges reached from the equator towards orbit.
Alastair ReynoldsThe cards always look different when it's your turn to play them; loaded with subtly different possibilities.
Alastair ReynoldsAutocratic governments are masters of self-contradiction. They say one thing, do another.
Alastair Reynolds