Frases célebres de Ian McDonald
New Moon
Ian McDonald: Frases en inglés
“A chilly piety leaked into the air.”
Fuente: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 49 (p. 248).
“"The words still don't move."
"The words don't need to move. It is you who is moved by them."”
Fuente: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 19 (p. 239).
“He has no belief—faith is beneath his dignity—but he enjoys the designed madness of religion.”
Fuente: The Dervish House (2010), Ch. 1, §5 (p. 21)
“Half your DNA's owned by some biotech corporation. Every time you have sex, you break copyright.”
Fuente: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 5 (p. 58).
“His theory of golf is, never play any sport that requires you to dress as your grandfather.”
Fuente: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 20 (p. 249).
“I've always found that the root of a computer problem is human frailty”
Fuente: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 2 (p. 27).
“The elephants fight but the rats go about their business.”
Fuente: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 44 (p. 458).
“It was fate, and being angry at fate was as futile as being angry at the weather.”
Fuente: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 23 (p. 116).
“She had trapped the bird of salvation, sung to it, tamed it and wrung its neck.”
Fuente: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 32 (p. 168).
“Once muddying subjectivities are removed from the issue, the decision becomes clear.”
Fuente: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 49 (p. 247).
In Galactic Empires, edited by Gardner Dozois, reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.), The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009 (p. 506)
Short fiction, The Tear (2008)
