christopher brown

February 17, 2021 by achrilock

“For Donny Kimoe, the hardest thing about adapting was that he had to spend a lot of time in Dallas. That he had grown up there only made it worse. But it was where what passed for justice in those days could be found, far enough from the disappearing coast that they only had to close the courthouses during tornado season.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/17/7645/

February 14, 2021 by achrilock

“But it didn’t produce much of a sense of justice, let alone authentic reconciliation.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/14/7585/

January 20, 2021 by achrilock

“Behind the myths of discovery were the truths of violent conquest and colonization, justified by force rather than law.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/20/6898/

January 6, 2021 by achrilock

“‘There must be a protest,’ said the cabbie.
‘Or a coup d'état,’ said Donny.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/06/6396/

January 5, 2021 by achrilock

“He’s not the president, Jethro. He lost the election.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/01/05/6343/

December 23, 2020 by achrilock

“Jesus, you’re so wrapped up in your work you don’t even know what’s going on. You better get one of those new passports while you can.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/23/5919/

December 18, 2020 by achrilock

“‘Yes, well, utopia does not exist,’ said Abboud. ‘Because people are thieves at heart.’”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/18/5786/

December 10, 2020 by achrilock

“‘What is it?’ asked Sig.
‘Snowflakes.’
Sig raised an eyebrow.
‘Because of the white noise.’”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/12/10/5596/

October 31, 2020 by achrilock

“It was weirdly awesome, Donny thought, even as it was horrifying. Something about the sight of the convoy stimulated his inner eleven-year-old, the sheer wonder of the massive power of the nation-state on display. That shock and awe was how they wanted you to react.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/31/4752/

October 28, 2020 by achrilock

“It was a map she had taken from the Library. New Orleans from before the floods, even before the fighting. A motorist’s map to a perfectly normal American city, one of those maps from the era when you could get away with never thinking about geography. When you could think of the city as a static thing, made by people, to their design. Instead of a product of nature, organic, dynamic, entropic.”

— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/28/4672/

October 22, 2020 by achrilock

“They won’t start torturing lawyers until they get done stealing the election.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/22/4392/

October 19, 2020 by achrilock

“PRESIDENT RE-ELECT DEPLOYS MOTHERLAND GUARD IN FORTY CITIES TO SHUT DOWN TERROR CELLS, read the banner across the bottom. DECLARES NATIONAL CALL TO ORDER.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Rule of Capture’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/19/4323/

October 16, 2020 by achrilock

“Donny liked the Atlanteans, though, with their trees inside the temples and mythical wild animals roaming the streets like furry neighbors and their magic spells and their libraries without end. The Spartans were so corporate, the little warlord band that wanted to raid and pillage and run the world. And it was the Spartans, with their machines, who pissed of Poseidon.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Failed State’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/10/16/4274/