“That worries me. One death is attrition; two would look like incompetence—on someone’s part.”
Robert Charles Wilson book Bios
Source: Bios (1999), Chapter 3 (p. 37)
Quotes from bookBios
It is the 22nd century. Interstellar travel is possible, but colossally expensive, so humankind's efforts are focused on the only nearby Earth-like world. Isis is rich with plant and animal life, but every molecule of it is spectacularly toxic to humans. The whole planet is a permanent Hot Zone. Zoe Fisher was born to explore Isis. Literally. She has been cloned and genetically engineered to face its terrors. But there are secrets implanted within her that not even she suspects - and the planet itself contains revelations that will change our understanding of life in the universe.
“Perfect aristocratic tone, Degrandpre thought: insult and menace in a single phrase.”
Robert Charles Wilson book Bios
Source: Bios (1999), Chapter 11 (p. 106)
“The planet doesn’t hate you,” Theo had once said. “But its intimacies are fatal.”
Robert Charles Wilson book Bios
Source: Bios (1999), Chapter 4 (p. 43)
“A broken human being isn’t even a good tool.”
Robert Charles Wilson book Bios
Source: Bios (1999), Chapter 10 (p. 103)
