The fun one can have writing books about books is limitless, to be honest.

If only life were that simple; if one could jump to the good parts and flick through the bad.

Religion isn't the cause of wars, it's the excuse.

Aspects that we consider normal today could very well be repugnant in the future - eating animals, for one thing, or abundant choice, or invasive surgery. I was simply trying to demonstrate that what is acceptable today may not be acceptable forever, and vice-versa.

A missing arm might ruin your symmetry. Personal asymmetry where I come from is a big taboo and brings great shame on the family and sometimes even the whole village." "Do you then have to kill yourself over it or something?" "Goodness me, no! The family and village just have to learn to be ashamed--and nuts to them for being so oversensitive.

Yes, and imagine a world where there were no hypothetical situations.

Anything devised by man has bureaucracy, corrpution and error hardwired at inception.