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Axis

Axis

Axis is a science fiction novel by American-Canadian writer Robert Charles Wilson, published in 2007. It is a direct sequel to Wilson's Hugo Award-winning Spin, published two years earlier. The novel was a finalist for the 2008 John W. Campbell Award.


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“The village muezzin called the faithful to prayer. Diane ignored the sound.”

Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 11 (p. 149)

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“What we cannot remember, we must rediscover.”

Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 7 (p. 100; repeated on p. 355 at the end of the book)

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“There’s no drug that’ll make a stupid man smart.”

Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 6 (p. 81)

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“Fortune had done him few favors in the past, and he wasn’t sure he trusted it.”

Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 7 (pp. 92-93)

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“Average people seldom talked about anything interesting and often hurt each other savagely.”

Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 8 (p. 107)

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“You learning anything from this?”

Tyrell asked.
Turk stood up and brushed his hands. “Yeah. I'm learning that I know even less than I thought I did.”
Source: Axis (2007), Chapter 3 (p. 36)

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