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Century Rain

Century Rain

Century Rain is a 2004 noir science fiction alternate history mystery novel by Welsh author Alastair Reynolds .


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“The central defect of the human mind,” Custine said, “is its unfortunate habit of seeing patterns where none exist. Of course, that is also its chief asset.”

“But sometimes a very dangerous one.”
Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 12 (p. 178)

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““Is that as bad as it sounds?” Floyd asked.
“No,” Auger said. “It’s worse. A lot worse.””

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 30 (p. 466)

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“It was bad, but it was some other slightly less piquant flavour of bad.”

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 37 (p. 573)

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“I guess I’ll do what everyone else does: get on with my life and forget the big questions.”

Source: Century Rain (2004), Chapter 41 (p. 606)

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