Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature.

Why was it that the instant you sent someone a check, no matter how worthy the organization, the first thing they did was ask you for more? Irritating, and a waste of the money she had just sent them.

If cyberspace can screw with you, it will.

Where were they from originally? The Seabolts?" "I don't know, Idaho, Oklahoma, Iowa. One of those red-neck states with vowels on both ends." "You mean like Alaska?

That's some f***ing doorman you've got there, Ms. Shugak.

The library is what keeps us a step ahead of the apes.

Science fiction is the agent provocateur of literature.