Why Everyone Should Read Ken Macleod

[coalescent]

This scene, right here, in which the characters discuss the best way to infiltrate and/or neutralise a society with vastly more resources and manpower:

By the time Matt was five minutes into explaining his contingency plan, he was beginning to scare people."Do you know how many Multiplier skiffs were in our system in the years before we left? Two! And you know what they did to us! They had us thinking we were under constant surveillance! Thinking we were about to be invaded! For every real incident there were ten unreal incidents! We made them up ourselves! That's what we have to do here! Make them doubt their concept of reality! Guerilla ontology!"He glared around like a lone gladiator facing a hostile colosseum."Fuck with their heads!" he shouted. "Fuck with their heads!"

Comments

[snowking.livejournal.com]

The bit about how they built the massive stone structures on Sauria is better.

[hawleygriffen.livejournal.com]

"Guerilla ontology!"

That is such a cool phrase.

Agreed! Way cool!

[applez.livejournal.com]

Well, my bet's with ol' Ken grabbing all the Quickening when the final Gathering of science-fantasy authors occurs with the irrevocable bloodbath. :-)

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