Frasi di John Brunner (147 frasi, pagina 3)

Bk. 1, Ch. "The Conviction of His Courage"  (His record having been erased from government computers.)
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“First we had the legs race. Then we had the arms race. Now we're going to have the brain race. And, if we're lucky, the final stage will be the human race.”

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John Brunner The Shockwave Rider

Bk. 1, Ch. "The Number You Have Reached"
The Shockwave Rider (1975)

“LOGIC The principle governing human intellection. Its nature may be deduced from examining the following propositions, both of which are held by human beings to be true and often by the same people: “I can’t so you musn’t,” and “I can but you musn’t.””

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John Brunner libro Stand on Zanzibar

the happening world (15) “Equal and Opposite”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)

“Most rich people get rich by taking what they want without paying for it. It’s the way of the world.”

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John Brunner libro The Tides of Time

Origine: The Tides of Time (1984), Chapter 5 (p. 83)

“LEADERSHIP A form of self-preservation exhibited by people with autodestructive imaginations in order to ensure that when it comes to the crunch it’ll be someone else’s bones which go crack and not their own.”

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John Brunner libro Stand on Zanzibar

context (14) “Storm Centre”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)

“.. that the Army is using defoliants in Honduras to create fire-free zones. This charge has been strongly denied by the Pentagon. Asked to comment just prior to leaving for Hawaii, where he will convalesce for the next two or three weeks, Prexy said, quote, Well, if you can’t see them you can’t shoot them. End quote. Support has been growing for a bill which Senator Richard Howell will introduce at the earliest opportunity, forbidding the issue of a passport to any male between sixteen and sixty not in possession of a valid discharge certificate or medical exemption. Welcoming the proposal, a Pentagon spokesman today admitted that of the last class called for the draft more than one in three failed to report. Your steaks are going to cost you more. This warning was today issued by the Department of Agriculture. The price of animal fodder has quote taken off like a rocket unquote, following the mysterious...”

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John Brunner libro The Sheep Look Up

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June “IF IT MOVES, SHOOT IT”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

““A crank, like I say. Won’t let him fly. Says she wants her grandchildren to see the sun. What difference it makes if a plane flies with one seat empty, I don’t know!”

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John Brunner libro The Sheep Look Up

January “SNOW JOB”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

“What hurt him most of all, made him feel like a sick child aware of terrible wrongness and yet incapable of explaining it to anyone who might help, was that in spite of the evidence around them, in spite of what their eyes and ears reported—and sometimes their flesh, from bruises, stab wounds, racking coughs, weeping sores—these people believed their way of life was the best in the world, and were prepared to export it at the point of a gun.”

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John Brunner libro The Sheep Look Up

June “CRITICAL”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

“We’re aware of the scale of the planet, so we don’t accept that our own circumscribed horizons constitute reality. Much more real is what’s relayed to us by the TV.”

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John Brunner libro Stand on Zanzibar

continuity (17) "Timescales"
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)

“Grade-A MEXICAN HONEYBEES $165.95/gallon!
Grade-A EUROPEAN BEES only $220/gallon!
Best quality IRISH EARTHWORMS $67.50/quart!
GUARANTEED live on delivery! Plant Fertility Corp., San Clemente, Calif. (Licensed by California State Board of Agriculture.)”

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John Brunner libro The Sheep Look Up

February “THE INDISPENSABLE ASSISTANTS”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

“If you kill a dozen people by sniping at them from a roof-top, you’re a criminal. Unless you had a uniform on. Then you get a medal.”

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John Brunner libro The Stone That Never Came Down

Origine: The Stone That Never Came Down (1973), Chapter 17 (p. 135)

“It was cool and quiet in here because instead of windows there were cosmoramic projections, latest of late devices to prevent the intrusion of untasteful exterior reality. Nearby the chimneys reeked a twenty-four-hour day yet the view was of clean white clouds, blue sky, yellow sun not so bright that it dazzled. Superior to the natural article, yes. Also birds flew or perched between two layers of glass on real branches in air-conditioned environment. It was not ordinary to see birds. Very yes.”

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March “THE MARVELS OF MODERN CIVILIZATION”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

“They surely are condemned to Hell
Who rule their lives by greed and lust
And Satan waits for those as well
Who in machines repose their trust.”

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tracking with closeups (17) "Brighter Than A Thousand Men"
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)

““Rumors that the sun is out at Santa Ynez are without foundation,” the radio said.”

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John Brunner libro The Sheep Look Up

December “NOT IN OUR STARS“
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

““I see what Gene is driving at. To dream of changing the whole universe in accordance with a set of local preconceptions!… Oh, it’s ridiculous!”
“A missionary,” Gene repeated with a solemn nod. “By definition: a person who does without intending it more harm than good.””

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John Brunner libro The Tides of Time

Origine: The Tides of Time (1984), Chapter 12 (p. 220)

“General Kaika: Was it black men who filled the Mediterranean with poison? No, it was destroyed by the filthy wastes from European factories!
Reporter: Well, the Aswan dam--
General Kaika: Yes, yes, the Aswan dam may have tipped the balance finally, but before that the sea was dying. Because so many had to starve on the African coast there began this war. That is why I say the white countries are responsible. It is the typical white habit to ruin what you have and then go to steal from other people.
Reporter: Oh, General, you’re stretching the facts a bit!
General Kaika: Is the fact that it is dangerous to swim in the Mediterranean? Is the fact that the fish have died?
Reporter: Well, yes, but--
General Kaika: I have no more to say.”

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John Brunner libro The Sheep Look Up

January “CHARGE ACCOUNT”
The Sheep Look Up (1972)

“I love the place, and when they get love down to a bunch of factors you can analyse with a computer there’ll be nothing left of whatever makes it worth being human!”

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John Brunner libro Stand on Zanzibar

tracking with closeups (6) “Which Side Am I On?”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)

“But there isn’t an outside. Talking about “society’s outcasts” or “opting out” is so much whaledreck. The fact that we generate huge quantities of waste is all that allows people to go outside; they’re benefiting from the superficial affluence which conformists use to alleviate boredom. In essence, using the term “out” is as meaningless as trying to define a location outside the universe. There’s no place for “outside” to be.”

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John Brunner libro Stand on Zanzibar

context (21) “Letter”
Stand on Zanzibar (1968)

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