“A brief life burns brightly.”
Stephen Baxter“I have a vision of a Galaxy overrun by mankind from Core to rim. Of four hundred billion stars each enslaved to the rhythm of Earth's day, Earth's year. I have a vision of a trillion planets pulsing to the beat of a human heart.”
Stephen Baxter, Exultant“A brief life burns brightly.”
Stephen Baxter, Exultant“Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be, because science fiction really isn't about the future. It's about change and present-day concerns”
Stephen Baxter“Every world needed an artist.”
Stephen Baxter, Proxima“Well, don't stand about like that, man; if you're no use you're certainly no ornament. Bring that in and tell me what it says.”
Stephen Baxter, Raft“This is a strange situation, sir. Perhaps imagination is what we need.”
Stephen Baxter, Ultima“A sentient mind refuses to be confined by the parameters of its programming.”
Stephen Baxter, Ultima“Life gets boring with only humans to talk to.”
Stephen Baxter, The Long Utopia“If I was a cynic I would be wondering if sooner or later some charismatic douche-bag might stomp all over this Little House on the Prairie dream of yours.”
Stephen Baxter, The Long War“In the Vortex that lies beyond time and space tumbled a police box that was not a police box.”
Stephen Baxter, Doctor Who - The Wheel of Ice