kim stanley robinson

April 19, 2021 by achrilock

“But flying on Mars was no easy thing, because of the thin atmosphere.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Red Mars’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/04/19/9007/

March 30, 2021 by achrilock

“QED stands for quod erat demonstrandum, Latin for ‘that which was to be demonstrated.’”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Red Moon’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/30/8491/

March 23, 2021 by achrilock

“Better, yes. Because there was so much room for getting better. But the more we win, the more resistance there is. The better we do the more dangerous it gets for us, do you understand that?”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Ministry for the Future’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/23/8359/

March 21, 2021 by achrilock

“And I say it again now: fuck Margaret Thatcher, and fuck every idiot who thinks that way.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Ministry for the Future’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/21/8328/

March 18, 2021 by achrilock

“You pay for being the victim, not the criminal.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Ministry for the Future’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/18/8267/

March 16, 2021 by achrilock

“Several hundred identified at this point. All death dealers. Mass murderers for cash. You may know some.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Ministry for the Future’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/16/8217/

March 14, 2021 by achrilock

“If one percent of the humans alive controlled everyone’s work, and took far more than their share of the benefits of that work, while also blocking the project of equality and sustainability however they could, that project would become more difficult. This would go without saying, except that it needs saying.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Ministry for the Future’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/14/8187/

March 11, 2021 by achrilock

“And a wet-bulb temperature of 35 will kill humans, even if unclothed and sitting in the shade; the combination of heat and humidity prevents sweating from dissipating heat, and death by hyperthermia soon results.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Ministry for the Future’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/11/8119/

March 2, 2021 by achrilock

“What do the people want? The Six Demands articulate those wants, which in quite a few cases come down to this: they want what they need. Which is to say many of their desires are basic needs in the Maslovian hierarchy of needs and wants, and therefore nothing can proceed in a successful human history until these needs are met. Food, water, shelter, clothing, healthcare, education: these all need to be adequate for everyone alive, before anything else good can happen.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Red Moon’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/03/02/7934/

February 22, 2021 by achrilock

“We are alive. And even ghosts write poetry.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Red Moon’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/22/7732/

February 17, 2021 by achrilock

“The clouds were the vanguard; after them a smack of the wind’s hand, and maybe a low rumble of thunder, announced the arrival of the storm. Raindrops slid down the windowpane in a thousand tributaries that met and divided again as they wandered down the glass.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘The Wild Shore’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/17/7653/

February 12, 2021 by achrilock

“But what was the relationship between cloud and world, between tap and act? This was always the question no one could answer. Maybe, Fred thought, the two were the same now. Maybe the question itself was simply wrong. Maybe they had always been the same. Words were acts, words were always acts; that was why he was always so hesitant to speak.”
— Kim Stanley Robinson, ‘Red Moon’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/02/12/7521/