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"The station approach traffic was heavy, and we were showing a twenty-seven-minute docking delay. Twenty-seven minutes was more than enough time for me to do something stupid."
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Martha Wells"There needs to be an error code that means “I received your request but decided to ignore you.”"
Martha Wells is an American writer of speculative fiction. She has published a number of science fiction and fantasy novels, young adult novels, media tie-ins, short stories, and nonfiction essays on Science Fiction/Fantasy (SF/F) subjects; her novels have been translated into twelve languages. Wells credits her academic background in anthropology for her interest in designing complex, realistical
"The station approach traffic was heavy, and we were showing a twenty-seven-minute docking delay. Twenty-seven minutes was more than enough time for me to do something stupid."
"This was another reason I didn’t like human security consultants. Some of them enjoyed their job too much."
"It was very dramatic, like something out of a historical adventure serial. Also correct in every aspect except for all the facts, like something out of a historical adventure serial."
"For a being as sophisticated as you are, it is baffling how little understanding you have of the composition of your own mind."
"(If I got angry at myself for being angry I would be angry constantly and I wouldn’t have time to think about anything else.) (Wait, I think I am angry constantly. That might explain a lot.)"
"They were all annoying and deeply inadequate humans, but I didn’t want to kill them. Okay, maybe a little."