... all reputable falconers agreed that for hunting purposes the only way you could reliably bring down prey with a wowhawk was by using it in a slingshot.

You had to hand it to the Patrician, he admitted grudgingly. If you didn't, he sent men to come and take it away.

I dinna trust him," said Slightly Mad Angus. "He reads books an' such.

It's no wonder most religions are born in the desert, because when men lay beneath that boundless night sky and look up at the infinite expanse of creation they have an uncontrollable urge to put something in the way .

There is a soak-the-rich attitude in the air, a feeling that if you have a lot of money you must have got it by some ghastly means. I can quite happily say there was never any family money. All the money we got was mine, just from writing books.

Dark Fantasy is just another way of saying Horror.

Matter exploded into being, apparently as chaos, but in fact as a chord. The ultimate power chord.