"“That does not sound like I’m getting an answer soon.” “We’re glad you understand.” “No,” says Jason, “I don’t unders…"

"A research scientist is someone who cannot rest content within the confines of existing knowledge, but always itches …"

"To me, the human body was not a quasi-metaphysical mystery to be unraveled. It was a kind of soft machine whose parts…"

"The resident said, “I have heard it argued that the world as it is now arranged must be the right order of things, fo…"

"The resident made a casual gesture. “These are matters of history, of which our old Earth has already far too much. W…"

"“I will give you,” said Grolion, “a promissory note for a handsome sum, redeemable the moment I am restored to my bir…"

"In adolescence, Chesney had drifted away from old-time religion. He found too many contradictions and absurdities in …"

"The young man glanced at the document. His first thought was that its author must have learned penmanship from a seis…"

"Hell, like Heaven, was an autocracy."

"They wake up the lead guitarist, although it takes him a while to get both his eyes pointed in the same direction. Bu…"