Quotes by Charles Stross

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Charles David George is a British writer of science fiction, Lovecraftian horror and fantasy.
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Private ownerships of a ...slave chip is illegal in many polities. It tends to be a government monopoly, much like other forms of violence. But I had fallen among pirates and life insurance underwriters.

Charles Stross

I am the Eschaton. I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. Thou shalt not violate causality within my historic light cone. Or else.

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Like the famous mad philosopher said, when you stare into the void, the void stares also; but if you cast into the void, you get a type conversion error. (Which just goes to show Nietzsche wasn't a C++ programmer.)

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Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli.

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Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.

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Food has been my career, my hobby, and, it must be said, my escape.

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Any civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.

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I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the kind of religion that posits a Creator. To my way of thinking, an omnipotent being who sets up a ...

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It is a truth universally acknowledged that a sane employee in possession of his wits must be in want of a good manager.

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Unfortunately it's also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it's invisible and you don't notice its presence until it's gone, and then you're sorry.

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Bob loses saving throw vs. shiny with a penalty of -5. Bob takes 2d8 damage to the credit card.

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Contract law is essentially a defensive scorched-earth battleground where the constant question is, “if my business partner was possessed by a brain-eating monster from beyond spacetime tomorrow, what is the worst thing they could do to me?

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Steampunk is nothing more than what happens when Goths discover brown.

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I let the happy times slip through my fingers and gripped on to the sad times as if they were my heart's desire

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Author Bio

  • NameCharles Stross
  • DescriptionScience fiction writer
  • BornOctober 18, 1964
  • CountryUnited Kingdom
  • ProfessionWriter