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Quotes from Saturation Point — Adrian Tchaikovsky

born 1972 England

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Aunt Charla is one of those people who take pride in not knowing about anything that’s changed in the world in the last thirty years.

Saturation Point (2024)

Memory is fallible. Dreams overwrite the reality, fond fantasies inform the dreams.

Saturation Point (2024)

By all means, go up to the surface and have the run of the Zone, Doctor Marks. Pit the indefatigability of your human spirit against the planet. See how that goes for you.

Saturation Point (2024)

I’m telling it now. And I’m trying to remember how it actually was. Not just how I remember remembering it. But memory is a hard disk that overwrites itself constantly.

Saturation Point (2024)

I’m the expert, God help us all.

Saturation Point (2024)

MARKS: It’s not fair.
MARKS: Evolution isn’t about being fair. It’s about adapting to changing circumstances.

Saturation Point (2024)

The emergent ecologies that were recolonising the place were very light on mammals and birds. You got little ones, mostly nocturnal even when their ancestors had been diurnal. The big winners were amphibians, reptiles, bugs. Because hot and damp works for ectotherms.

Saturation Point (2024)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Adrian Tchaikovsky (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.