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George Alec Effinger , byl americký spisovatel zejména z žánru sci-fi, autor desítek knih, z nichž některé byly vydány v českém překladu. Za některé ze svých prací získal prestižní ceny Nebula a Hugo. Wikipedia  

✵ 10. leden 1947 – 27. duben 2002
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“The longer I observe the way people really act, the happier I am that I never pay attention to them.”

George Alec Effinger kniha When Gravity Fails

Zdroj: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 13 (p. 168).

“Government by emotion is identified with rule by tyranny.”

Zdroj: Relatives (1973)., Chapter 1 (p. 24).

“I told you it was dirty. When you wander into the highest level of international affairs, it’s almost always dirty.”

George Alec Effinger kniha When Gravity Fails

Zdroj: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 15 (p. 205).

“The only negative thing she had to say was that I displayed a tendency to exaggerate the facts for the sake of interesting reading.”

Zdroj: What Entropy Means to Me (1972), Chapter 2 “Next: The Radishes of Doom” (p. 25).

“She gave me a wide-eyed, innocent smile that looked as out of place on her as it would have on a desert scorpion.”

George Alec Effinger kniha A Fire in the Sun

Zdroj: A Fire in the Sun (1989), Chapter 7 (p. 95).

“With people, Moore suspected, no matter how noble the intent, a defect was unavoidable, a taint of politics.”

Zdroj: Death in Florence (1978), Chapter 3 “Moore and More” (p. 123).

“I do not attempt here to derogate my brother’s reading habits, but merely to indicate the disparity in our interests.”

Zdroj: What Entropy Means to Me (1972), Chapter 4 “The Song of the Sword” (p. 56).

“I see unhealthy signs of a new regime of religiosity and conservatism.”

Zdroj: What Entropy Means to Me (1972), Chapter 3 “A Woman’s Treachery” (p. 48).

“Isolation is nice,” thought Brant as she drifted closer to sleep. “It’s a shame you can’t share it with anybody.”

Zdroj: Death in Florence (1978), Chapter 1 “New Streets and Roads” (p. 51).

“There are more strains of courage than merely facing a sword.”

Zdroj: What Entropy Means to Me (1972), Chapter 9 “A Moral Dilemma” (p. 146).

“What do you know about the activities of the brain and the nervous system?”

George Alec Effinger kniha When Gravity Fails

I laughed. “About as much as any hustler from the Budayeen who can barely read and write his name. I know that the brain is in the head, I’ve heard that it’s a bad idea to let some thug spill it on the sidewalk. Beyond that, I don’t know much.” I did, truthfully, know some more, but I always hold something in reserve. It’s a good policy to be a little quicker, a little stronger, and a little smarter than everybody thinks you are.
Zdroj: When Gravity Fails (1986), Chapter 12 (p. 160).

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