"I like living in the future." Ferron picked at the edge of an areactin glove. "So many interesting ways to die."
I find this to be so true and it reminds me of all the science fiction shows and movies I have seen; I had to stop reading for a few minutes because my mind started to wander off.
Did anyone else have a particular quote from this, or any, story that stood out for them?
I loved that quote too, mostly because it reminded me of Eve Dallas from the J.D. Robb books (which is Nora Roberts' sci-fi pseudonym).
ReplyDeleteMy favorite quote actually comes from the same story, and I just enjoy the way it lovingly describes the sky: "The Heavenly Ganges spilled across the darkness like sequins sewn at random on an indigo veil, and a crooked fragment of moon rode high." (p 245).
I liked that quote as well. Another interesting quote was from "Steamgothic", and it happens to be the second to last sentence in the story. Leon states "If that history has become real, then Louise and I are the only people who remember one hundred and fifty years that never were" (p. 222). I think it could be interpreted many different ways, but to me, it made me think about how many different ways one small action could change the course of history. This might be a stretch, but imagine if the iPhone had not been created when it was. Do you think life would be different than it is today?
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