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Michael Swanwick, né le 18 novembre 1950 à Schenectady dans l'État de New York, est un écrivain américain de science-fiction. Résidant à Philadelphie, Pennsylvanie, il commence à publier au début des années 1980. Wikipedia  

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Michael Swanwick: Citations en anglais

“If I have to play your stupid games, at least I don’t have to pretend to enjoy them.”

Source: In the Drift (1985), Chapter 1, “Mummer Kiss” (p. 4)

“It was the kind of discovery that shatters old universes and opens up new ones in their place.”

Michael Swanwick livre Vacuum Flowers

Source: Vacuum Flowers (1987), Chapter 11, “Cislunar” (p. 179)

“Money can always be traced. It leaves a trail of slime behind it wherever it goes.”

Michael Swanwick livre Stations of the Tide

Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 2, “Witch Cults of Whitemarsh” (p. 26)

““What was all that about?”
“It’s an occupational hazard… You start by reading books, and you end by loving them.””

Michael Swanwick livre The Iron Dragon's Daughter

Source: The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993), Chapter 15 (p. 262; ellipsis represents a minor elision of description)

“This is the price you must pay for knowledge: You must understand and acknowledge its consequences.”

Michael Swanwick livre Jack Faust

Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 2, “Revelations” (p. 30)

“What the common man calls Evil, he once told me, is nothing more than the fear of one’s own potential.”

Michael Swanwick livre Jack Faust

Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 16, “The Wild Hunt” (p. 278)

“People will believe in just about any kind of superstitious crap nowadays.”

Source: In the Drift (1985), Chapter 5, “Marrow Death” (p. 152)

“That is the true measure of love, you see, the evil one will stoop to for its sake…”

Michael Swanwick livre Jack Faust

Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 16, “The Wild Hunt” (p. 292)

“It was a scream straight from the toad buried at the base of the brain, that ancient reptile that wants everything at once, delivered to its feet and set ablaze.”

Michael Swanwick livre Stations of the Tide

Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 6, “Lost in the Mushroom Rain” (p. 92)

““Look,” Jane said. “Exactly what must I say to get rid of you?”

Michael Swanwick livre The Iron Dragon's Daughter

Source: The Iron Dragon's Daughter (1993), Chapter 20 (p. 349)

“You will study bioscience control, that ought to be useful—it will teach you the folly of thinking you can go against your genetic inheritance, for one thing.”

Michael Swanwick livre Stations of the Tide

Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 13, “A View from a Height” (p. 236)

“The secret of a good scam is not to get greedy.”

Michael Swanwick livre Vacuum Flowers

Source: Vacuum Flowers (1987), Chapter 4, “Londongrad” (p. 50)

“Indeed, what is magic but impossible science?”

Michael Swanwick livre Stations of the Tide

Source: Stations of the Tide (1991), Chapter 8, “Conversations in the Puzzle Palace” (p. 130)

“Paid off? Do you mean bribery?”

Michael Swanwick livre Jack Faust

“That is, umm, not an entirely pleasant word for it.” Dreschler’s doughy face took on a pained expression. “It is more in the nature of an advance payment to ensure the labor force will be satisfied with the negotiated wage schedules.”
Source: Jack Faust (1997), Chapter 15, “The Abortion” (p. 265)

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