tropic of kansas

November 28, 2021 by achrilock

“It was like a memorial to their dreams of a future they would want to live in.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/11/28/13838/

October 23, 2021 by achrilock

“Sampling the hundreds of thousands of entries, she saw how they had lawyered the thing up to make it look legit, even as its arbitrary and political character was evident on its face. The standard for inclusion was low–reasonable suspicion. Of what, exactly, the law was no longer terribly worried about making clear. Suspicion of whatever qualities the people in charge of eliminating seditious threats during the twenty-plus-year state of emergency thought made it worth a tag.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/10/23/13083/

October 14, 2021 by achrilock

“‘Better than what was.’
‘It’s chaos.’
‘Creative destruction,’ said Sig. ‘It’s the future.’”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/10/14/12918/

August 2, 2021 by achrilock

“Beta-test experiments in political form that incorporated the capabilities of the network they had built, and were rebuilding, and making better.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/08/02/11694/

July 31, 2021 by achrilock

“Never underestimate the things power and money will do to protect what they have.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/31/11646/

July 25, 2021 by achrilock

“But the truth she now understood was that law merely served power, like the devil’s butler.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/25/11522/

July 21, 2021 by achrilock

“When they got the vice president of surveillance operations, they put him out to sea in a barge with a handheld camera and told him to send pictures.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/21/11437/

July 8, 2021 by achrilock

“The wildest-looking puppets were the corporate raiders. They wore suits with pirate flags on the back and combat boots instead of dress shoes. They each had a gun in one hand and a wad of cash in the other.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/08/11092/

July 2, 2021 by achrilock

“It’s comin’. Look busy.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/07/02/10921/

May 23, 2021 by achrilock

“BOOM BOOM BOOM.
Someone pounding on a door.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2021/05/23/9812/

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/

September 27, 2020 by achrilock

“‘It’s business,’ said Moco, raising a can of Huckleberry Lite.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/27/3786/

September 16, 2020 by achrilock

“If we don’t have a change in the political system real soon, we won’t have to imagine the end of the world.”
— Christopher Brown, ‘Tropic of Kansas’

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https://achrilock.com/2020/09/16/3463/