Иен Макдональд — ирландский писатель-фантаст. К жанровым предпочтениям можно отнести киберпанк, с хитро переплетенными новейшими технологиями и этнографическими изысками, а также вариации последствий после стремительных социальных или технических изменений. Среди вариантов русскоязычной транскрипции имени писателя можно встретить также Йен, Ян или Иэн. Wikipedia
„Люди не созданы для вечного света. Людям нужна их тьма.“
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Источник: Бразилья
“A chilly piety leaked into the air.”
Источник: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 49 (p. 248).
“"The words still don't move."
"The words don't need to move. It is you who is moved by them."”
Источник: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 19 (p. 239).
“He has no belief—faith is beneath his dignity—but he enjoys the designed madness of religion.”
Источник: The Dervish House (2010), Ch. 1, §5 (p. 21)
“Half your DNA's owned by some biotech corporation. Every time you have sex, you break copyright.”
Источник: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 5 (p. 58).
“His theory of golf is, never play any sport that requires you to dress as your grandfather.”
Источник: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 20 (p. 249).
“I've always found that the root of a computer problem is human frailty”
Источник: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 2 (p. 27).
“The elephants fight but the rats go about their business.”
Источник: River of Gods (2006), Ch. 44 (p. 458).
“It was fate, and being angry at fate was as futile as being angry at the weather.”
Источник: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 23 (p. 116).
“She had trapped the bird of salvation, sung to it, tamed it and wrung its neck.”
Источник: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 32 (p. 168).
“Once muddying subjectivities are removed from the issue, the decision becomes clear.”
Источник: Desolation Road (1988), Chapter 49 (p. 247).
In Galactic Empires, edited by Gardner Dozois, reprinted in Rich Horton (ed.), The Year’s Best Science Fiction & Fantasy 2009 (p. 506)
Short fiction, The Tear (2008)
