“We all try to give gifts to the future,”

said Carol. “It doesn’t mean they’ll use them the way we envision, or even in ways we’d approve of. You have to give gifts lightly — that’s one of my values. I’m going to tell you something.” “You’ve been telling us things already,” said Phosphorus, I thought a bit sharply. “Something new. We haven’t talked… Continue reading “We all try to give gifts to the future,”

The rule of three

“So how are your new roly-poly friends?” he asked. “And the skittery ones?” “Very technologically advanced. They like small babies, and Dinar’s jam, and taking apart gas giants to use as construction material.” A HALF-BUILT GARDEN, by Ruthanna Emrys Cory Doctorow has a great review of this book at Pluralistic; the one thing I’d call… Continue reading The rule of three