Post taggati romanzi
Discutevano perché amavano le discussioni, amavano la rapida corsa della mente libera lungo i sentieri delle possibilità, amavano mettere in dubbio ciò che non veniva mai messo in dubbio.
Erano intelligenti, le loro menti erano già disciplinate alla chiarezza della scienza, e avevano sedici anni.
Erano intelligenti, le loro menti erano già disciplinate alla chiarezza della scienza, e avevano sedici anni.
— Ursula K. LeGuin - I reietti dell’altro pianeta -un’ambigua utopia (The Dispossessed - 1974) pag. 36
Snow Crash book cover illustration. MIchael Sewert. Watercolour on paper. 19 x 19 “
(Fonte: lowqualityavatars, via fuckyeahsciencefiction)
Everyone also agreed the Ewoks should all die.
— John Scalzi - The Ghost Brigades -pg 64
Martin Klasch: Book Covers: Jules Verne
The Adventures of Captain Hatteras (Voyages et aventures du capitaine Hatteras, 1866) by Jules Verne as published by Hetzel in the book series Voyages Extraordinaires (“Extraordinary Journeys”).
All at once I liked him, his firm grace with others, his unlikely modesty, the exotic parties he attended.
The desire to befriend him came over me suddenly and certainly, and, as I debated and decided not to shake his hand again, I thought how suddenness and certainty had attended all my childhood friendships, until that long, miserable moment of puberty during which I’d been afraid to befriend boys and seemingly unable to befriend girls.
The desire to befriend him came over me suddenly and certainly, and, as I debated and decided not to shake his hand again, I thought how suddenness and certainty had attended all my childhood friendships, until that long, miserable moment of puberty during which I’d been afraid to befriend boys and seemingly unable to befriend girls.
— The Mysteries of Pittsburgh - Wikiquote - Ch.2 - Michael Chabon

