Friday, July 12, 2013

Book Excerpt for the Day


    The avatar shrugged.  “An Orbital is just unconsciousness matter, even if it does represent a lot of effort and expended energy.  Their Minds were already safe, long gone.  The human deaths were what I found affecting.”

    “Did many people die?”

    “Three thousand four hundred and ninety-two.”

    “Out of how many?”

    “Three hundred and ten million.”

    “A small proportion.”

    “It’s always one hundred percent for the individual concerned.”

 
    (from Look To Windward by Iain M. Banks)

    8½*/10.  The complete review is here.
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