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“Why ‘threep’? Why ‘clank’? Slang happens.”

Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 2 (p. 28)

“Human technology was good, and weapon to weapon humans were as well-equipped as the vast majority of their adversaries. But the weapon that ultimately matters is the one behind the trigger.”

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John Scalzi livre The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 3 (p. 51)

“Rationality is not one of humanity’s strong points.”

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John Scalzi livre The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 5 (p. 88)

“I have no idea what that means, Nick,” Paulson said. “Talk normal human to me.”

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John Scalzi livre Redshirts - Au mépris du danger

Source: Redshirts (2012), Chapter 20 (p. 200)

“I was pretty certain my dad was not up to no good, running for senator notwithstanding.”

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John Scalzi livre Lock In

Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 12 (p. 167)

““Do you believe that?” I asked.
“It doesn’t matter whether I believe it or not,” Redhouse said.”

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John Scalzi livre Lock In

Source: Lock In (2014), Chapter 10 (p. 135)

“Speaking of secrets, how are your negotiations with the Obin going?”
Both Mattson and Robbins looked at Szilard warily. “There are no negotiations with the Obin,” Robbins said.
“Of course not,” Szilard said. “You’re not negotiating with the Obin to continue Boutin’s consciousness program for them. And the Obin are not negotiating with us to knock down whichever of the Rraey or Eneshans is still left standing after their upcoming little war. No one’s negotiating with anyone about anything. And how are these non-negotiations not going?”
Robbins looked at Mattson, who nodded. “They’re not going surprisingly well,” Robbins said. “We probably won’t reach an agreement in the next couple of days.”

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John Scalzi livre The Ghost Brigades

“How not wonderful,” Szilard said.
Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 15 (pp. 335-336)

“Harvey was not especially introspective, but this didn’t mean he was stupid. He was moral, within his lights; he understood the value of subtlety even if he wasn’t much for it himself, and one of the reasons he could get away with being loud and obnoxious was that he was a fair stick at strategy and logistics. Give him a job and he’d do it, usually in the most entropy-producing way possible, yes, but also in a way that achieved exactly the aim it was supposed to. One of Harvey’s guiding lights in terms of strategies was simplicity; all things being equal, Harvey preferred the course of action that let him get into the middle of things and then just buckle down. When asked about it, Harvey called it his Occam’s razor theory of combat: The simplest way of kicking someone’s ass was usually the correct one.”

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John Scalzi livre The Ghost Brigades

Source: The Ghost Brigades (2006), Chapter 14 (p. 315)

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