BeeCycling
BeeCycling  路  4 weeks ago

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Quote from Foundation by Isaac Asimov, referring to a planet being:

"that frequent phenomenon in history: the republic whose ruler has every attribute of the absolute monarch but the name. It therefore enjoyed the usual despotism unrestrained even by those two moderating influences in the legitimate monarchies: regal 'honor' and court etiquette."

Just thought I'd share that one. Struck me for, ya know, no particular reason.
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earthling
earthling  路  3 months ago

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Science Fiction Quotations: From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits by Gary Westfahl, 2008

Thousands of memorable quotations from the best science fiction works of all time. This comprehensive book presents more than 2,900 quotations from wide-ranging sources, including science fiction and fantasy stories, novels, films, and television programs.

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The quotations are organized by topic鈥攁lien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimov鈥檚 Three Laws of Robotics and Star Trek鈥檚 Prime Directive. With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.
The quotations are organized by topic鈥攁lien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimov鈥檚 Three Laws of Robotics and Star Trek鈥檚 Prime Directive. With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.
The quotations are organized by topic鈥攁lien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimov鈥檚 Three Laws of Robotics and Star Trek鈥檚 Prime Directive. With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.
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