James Blish citations

James Benjamin Blish, plus connu sous le nom de James Blish, né le 23 mai 1921 à East Orange au New Jersey et mort le 29 juillet 1975 à Henley-on-Thames en Angleterre, est un écrivain américain, auteur de romans et nouvelles de science-fiction, mais également critique de science-fiction .

Il fait des études de zoologie et travaille dans la recherche médicale avant de se lancer dans l'écriture de manière professionnelle. Wikipedia  

✵ 23. mai 1921 – 30. juillet 1975
James Blish: 30 citations0 J'aime

James Blish: Citations en anglais

“I suppose you burned the library—barbarians always do.”

James Blish

Source: Short fiction, A Style in Treason (1970), Chapter 9 (p. 154)

“We often resort to something called Hilbert space, which is described as n-dimensional—it’s like modern sex, any number may be played with.”

James Blish livre The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 10, “Weinbaum on Sinai” (p. 116)

“Martel still did not want to believe in it, but brute experience of it forced him to, whatever his preferences.”

James Blish

Source: Short fiction, Midsummer Century (1972), Chapter 9 (p. 63)

“Now that I'm a free agent I mean to make my own choices, and explain them to nobody if that’s what pleases me.”

James Blish livre A Case of Conscience

Source: A Case of Conscience (1958), Chapter 17 (p. 206)

“In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small!”

James Blish livre A Case of Conscience

Source: A Case of Conscience (1958), Chapter 13 (p. 158)

“The technicians thought I was crazy. Now, five months later, I’ve proved it.”

James Blish livre The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 72)

“But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.”

James Blish livre A Case of Conscience

Source: A Case of Conscience (1958), Chapter 18 (p. 213)

“No exercise of will can make any of us other than what we are, or more than marginally better than who we are.”

James Blish livre The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 10, “Weinbaum on Sinai” (pp. 118-119)

“The motto of the bureau,” Weinbaum said, “is, ‘sometimes something works.’”

James Blish livre The Quincunx of Time

Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 75)

“Never assume that any fact is useless until it is so proven.”

James Blish

Source: Short fiction, Midsummer Century (1972), Chapter 9 (p. 62)

“Something tells me that this isn’t going to be as simple as it looks.”

James Blish livre The Quincunx of Time

“What is?” Wald said, raising his eyebrows.
“Nothing, of course. But hope springs eternal in the human spleen.”
Source: The Quincunx of Time (1973), Chapter 7, “A Few Cosmic Jokes” (p. 77)

“Your concept is a tremendous network of inconsistencies.”

James Blish livre A Case of Conscience

“In what way?” the countess said, not very much interested.
“It seems to be based on reverence for the young, and an extremely patient and protective attitude toward their physical and mental welfare. Yet you make them live in these huge caves, utterly out of contact with the natural world, and you teach them to be afraid of death—which of course makes them a little insane, because there is nothing anybody can do about death. It is like teaching them to be afraid of the second law of thermodynamics, just because living matter sets that law aside for a very brief period.
Source: A Case of Conscience (1958), Chapter 12 (pp. 149-150)

“One death is as good as another, if death is what you are courting.”

James Blish

Source: …And All the Stars a Stage (1971; [serialized in 1960]), Chapter 14 (p. 186)

“The first thing a psychologist learns is to keep her mouth shut around laymen.”

James Blish

Source: …And All the Stars a Stage (1971; [serialized in 1960]), Chapter 13 (p. 180)

“One thing you learn fast in the munitions business is that it’s a very good idea to stay off battlefields.”

James Blish livre The Day After Judgment

Source: The Day After Judgment (1971), Chapter 11 (p. 145)

“A common thief with a gun in his hand isn’t half as dangerous as an engineer with a stick of dynamite.”

James Blish livre Black Easter

Source: Black Easter (1968), Chapter 12 (p. 110)

“Munitions and magic are circles that don’t intersect very effectively.”

James Blish livre Black Easter

Source: Black Easter (1968), Chapter 2 (p. 36)

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