56 Quotes by Stephen Baxter

Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be, because science fiction really isn't about the future. It's about change and present-day concerns

The ColU, sitting on its tabletop, seemed to Stef to twinkle. ‘I’m Colius the Oracle now.

And it wasn’t just the subjugation of human beings that distressed her but the level of daily, almost casual brutality. Even for routine punishments there were blood-stained stakes, lead-tipped whips. She’s always rather admired the Romans, for their literacy, their order, their engineering, their respect for the law. Now, she was finding, she’d never fully imagined this side of their civilisation.

Wow. Pioneers with ice-cream."Joshua felt motivated to defend his home. "Well, it doesn't have to be like the Donner Party, Sally-

You’ll feel like Jesu Himself in the End Times, when He will descend on Rome with Augustus and Vespasian on His left and right hands, to establish the final dominion of the Caesars across the stars.

A pioneer family lived beyond the reach of shopping malls...

We could try the Turin test," said Lobsang."Oh, machines have been able to pass the Turing test for years.""No, the Turin test. We both pray for an hour, and see if God can tell the difference.

And there's no such thing as too much back-up.

Two damaged people, thrown together in a hostile world, doing their best. What else was there to life, in the end?