2014/03: The Incrementalists - Steven Brust and Skyler White

2014/03: The Incrementalists - Steven Brust and Skyler White

No one is going to turn Rupert Murdoch into a liberal, but a few nudges might convince some British investigators to follow up on what he's done, if they're inclined in that direction anyway. [p. 30]

( slightly spoilery review )

2014/04: Gemsigns -- Stephanie Saulter

2014/04: Gemsigns -- Stephanie Saulter

'...when the various governments allowed embryos to be genetically modified beyond what was necessary to avert the Syndrome and other illnesses, they neglected to define the legal status of the resulting people. They just let the gemtechs get on with it.' [loc.2050]

( non-spoilery review )

2014/05: A Clash of Kings -- George R R Martin

2014/05: A Clash of Kings -- George R R Martin

if it is the swordsmen who rule us in truth, why do we pretend our kings hold the power? [loc.2227]

( non-spoilery review )

2014/06: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves -- Karen Joy Fowler

2014/06: We Are All Completely Beside Ourselves -- Karen Joy Fowler

... the happening and the telling are very different things. This doesn’t mean that the story isn’t true, only that I honestly don’t know anymore if I really remember it or only remember how to tell it. Language does this to our memories—simplifies, solidifies, codifies, mummifies. An oft-told story is like a photograph in a family album; eventually, it replaces the moment it was meant to capture. [loc.630]

( review that is less spoilery than the actual book cover )

2014/07: Annihilation -- Jeff VanderMeer

2014/07: Annihilation -- Jeff VanderMeer

At first, only I saw it as a tower. I don’t know why the word tower came to me, given that it tunneled into the ground. [loc.54]

( non-spoilery review )