Citas de Ken MacLeod

• The secret of becoming a writer is to write, write and keep on writing.

  Ken MacLeod

  Writing, Secret, Becoming

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• What if capitalism is unsustainable, and socialism is impossible?

  Ken MacLeod

  What If, Impossible, Socialism

  "The Falling Rate of Profit, Red Hordes and Green Slime: What the Fall Revolution Books Are About". "Nova Express", Volume 6, Spring/Summer 2001.

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• I don't really believe in the Devil, but if the Devil is the Father of Lies, then he certainly invented the Internet.

  Ken MacLeod

  Padre, Mentir, Creer

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• Hey, this is Europe. We took it from nobody; we won it from the bare soil that the ice left. The bones of our ancestors, and the stones of their works, are everywhere. Our liberties were won in wars and revolutions so terrible that we do not fear our governors: they fear us. Our children giggle and eat ice-cream in the palaces of past rulers. We snap our fingers at kings. We laugh at popes. When we have built up tyrants, we have brought them down. And we have nuclear ********* weapons.

  Ken MacLeod

  País, Reyes, Niños

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• All life is a struggle for existence. Why should it cease to be a struggle if it spreads among the stars?

  Ken MacLeod

  Stars, Struggle, Life Is

  "Learning the World". Book by Ken MacLeod, 2005.

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• The real world is far too complex and unpredictable to make something like the idea of humanity controlling its own evolution or engineering itself - well, I wouldn't say impossible but it should be approached with a degree of caution.

  Ken MacLeod

  Real, Engineering, Ideas

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• Disfruté enormemente con Old Man's War. Una historia de guerra espacial con acción trepidante, personajes vívidos, complejidad moral y una física especulativa genial, ambientada en un futuro en el que casi quieres vivir, y un universo en el que sinceramente esperas no vivir ya.

  Ken MacLeod

  Guerra, Carácter, Hombres

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• Ingenuo' no es una palabra que asocie con la regla del Sur. Supersticiosos, tal vez, tradicionales, sí, enloquecedoramente a su manera, desde luego, pero no ingenuos". "Quise decir que son ingenuos. Deben tener un motivo oculto". "Por eso no hago política", dijo Darvin. "No puedo pensar en esos términos.

  Ken MacLeod

  Thinking, Southern, Way

  Ken MacLeod (2012). “Learning The World: A novel of first contact”, p.187, Hachette UK

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• Enamorarse indicaba que tus genes eran complementarios a los de la persona amada. No te decía nada sobre si vuestras personalidades y sexualidades eran compatibles.

  Ken MacLeod

  Falling In Love, Personality, Loved Ones

  "Learning the World". Book by Ken MacLeod, 2005.

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• Change the problem by changing your mind.

  Ken MacLeod

  Mind, Problem, Changing Your Mind

  Ken MacLeod (2012). “Intrusion”, p.13, Hachette UK

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• Durante mucho tiempo se había establecido en el mundo civil que los asuntos públicos debían ser transparentes y los personales opacos; pero también se reconocía que ambos tendrían siempre una interfaz turbulenta, y que la camarilla, el caucus y la conspiración eran características tan inerradicables de la civilidad como el consejo o el comité.

  Ken MacLeod

  Two, Long, Opaque

  Ken MacLeod (2012). “Learning The World: A novel of first contact”, p.113, Hachette UK

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• "Anyway... I find what you write interesting."
  "That's what people usually say when they disagree with it."

  Ken MacLeod

  Escritura, Gente, Interesante

  "Learning the World". Book by Ken MacLeod, 2005.

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• Of all the sciences, astronomy was the one the superstitious liked least.

  Ken MacLeod

  Astronomy, Superstitious

  "Learning the World". Book by Ken MacLeod, 2005.

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• For us scientists, on the other wing, life is not quite so simple. Because we learn the unknown. Unlike, hah-hah, our esteemed friends the philosophers, who learn the unknowable.

  Ken MacLeod

  Simple, Wings, Philosopher

  Ken MacLeod (2012). “Learning The World: A novel of first contact”, p.48, Hachette UK

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• El mundo se ha convertido en un gran montículo de hierba, plagado de pistoleros solitarios que se creen la Comisión Warren.

  Ken MacLeod

  Thinking, World, Think Big

  Ken MacLeod (2001). “The Engines of Light”

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• La idea del determinismo combinada con la completa responsabilidad humana me pareció muy difícil de conciliar con una idea de justicia, por no hablar de misericordia.

  Ken MacLeod

  Responsibility, Ideas, Justice

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• Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.

  Ken MacLeod

  Leaving, Fiction, Strange

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• I'm a long-term optimist, and I don't think the problems with our society are from being overly optimistic.

  Ken MacLeod

  Optimistic, Thinking, Long

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