books

April 16, 2021 by achrilock

“There, inside the game’s two-dimensional universe, life was simple: It’s just you against the machine.”
— Ernest Cline, ‘Ready Player One’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/16/8931/

April 15, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Imperialism,’ said Ash. ‘We’re third-worlding alternate continua. Calling them stubs makes that a bit easier.’”
— William Gibson, ‘The Peripheral’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/15/8894/

April 14, 2021 by achrilock

“We are all waiting for the big wave to wash it all away.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/14/8859/

April 14, 2021 by achrilock

“‘And when I do finally beat you, you won’t be helpless. Think that’ll matter?’”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Cibola Burn’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/14/8844/

April 13, 2021 by achrilock

“‘The frontier always outpaces the law,’ Holden said.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Cibola Burn’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/13/8811/

April 12, 2021 by achrilock

“This political strategy, which bemoans regulation as a ‘burden on business’, promotes the privatisation of public services, seeks further restrictions on workers’ rights, and encourages the rolling back of a whole array of limits placed on corporations, has become known as neoliberalism.”
— David Whyte, ‘Ecocide: Kill the corporation before it kills us’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/12/8783/

April 11, 2021 by achrilock

“Archaide was located in a PvP zone, so I decided to upgrade my gear and wear my Sunday best.”
— Ernest Cline, ‘Ready Player One’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/11/8757/

April 10, 2021 by achrilock

“They add houses made from broken books or rainstorms conjured from glass glitter. They move a figure or a landmark. They escort the tiny sheep from one pasture to another. They reorient the mountains.”
— Erin Morgenstern, ‘The Starless Sea’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/10/8739/

April 9, 2021 by achrilock

“Music moved through the air with a physical presence, each beat a little concussion.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Leviathan Wakes’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/09/8721/

April 8, 2021 by achrilock

“In his mind, he could picture Miller nodding in approval at the thought.”
— James S.A. Corey, ‘Cibola Burn’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/08/8681/

April 7, 2021 by achrilock

“Those who actually lived on the land had some claim to their bit of earth. But their labour belonged to the feudal over-lord to whom they paid taxes and who used them whenever he went to war… When I say ‘king’ by the way, you can just as well read ‘pope’, because the Church of Christ was also a feudal system like any other (and probably worse…)”
— Rius, ‘Marx for Beginners’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/07/8659/

April 6, 2021 by achrilock

“The fuck does that shit mean?”
— William Gibson, ‘The Peripheral’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/06/8616/