Gregory Benford: Zitate auf Englisch
“Somehow to them, the press was always the judge of things scientific.”
Quelle: Timescape (1980), Chapter 17 (p. 236, concerning cranks)
Quelle: Timescape (1980), Chapter 10 (p. 110, concerning the nuclear club)
“You know, my dear, you’re wrong that suffering ennobles people.”
She’d stopped to massage her hip, wincing. “It simply makes one cross.”
Nooncoming, p. 100 (Originally published in Universe 8, edited by Terry Carr), 1978
In Alien Flesh (1986)
“He didn’t regret growing older, it was a privilege denied to many.”
Quelle: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 342
Quelle: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 338
“Manufacturing creates wealth, services distribute it.”
Quelle: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 320
Quelle: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 319
“Schools praised diversity but were culturally the same. Different skin color, same opinions.”
Quelle: Short fiction, The Man Who Sold The Stars (2013), p. 318
“Science is about continuity of ideas, a web of connections.”
“A Scientist’s Notebook: Life on Mars?” in Fantasy & Science Fiction, February 1997, p. 119
“She could not understand why people feared new ideas. She was frightened by the old ones.”
Quelle: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 111
“When you have a Ph. D., you call them hypotheses, not guesses.”
Quelle: Short fiction, Vortex, p. 107
“Science’s success did not need a God to explain it; the world was enough.”
Cosm (1998), Part 6, Chapter 3 (p. 325)
“Always keep your words soft and sweet, just in case you have to eat them.”
Part III, “Beyond Pluto”, Chapter 4, “The Solar Ramparts” (p. 206)
The Sunborn (2005)
The Sunborn (2005), Part II, Chapter 14, “This Immense Voyage” (p. 163)
The Sunborn (2005), Part II, Chapter 5, “A Day at the Beach” (p. 114)
“He’s an order of magnitude better than mere diplomats. He’s a conniver.”
The Sunborn (2005), Part I, Chapter 6, “Last Train Out of Dodge” (p. 71)
“Not sure. When don’t know, do experiment.”
The Sunborn (2005), Part I, Chapter 4, “Vent R” (p. 47)
The Sunborn (2005), Part I, “Raw Mars”, Chapter 4, “Vent R” (p. 37)