Reamde

by Neal Stephenson

You, Peter, have chosen to trade in illegal goods. In doing so, you are stepping outside of the structures of ordinary commerce, with its customer service reps, its mediators, its Angie’s List. If the transaction fails, your customers will not have any of the normal forms of recourse. That’s all I’m saying.

“You do not look like hacker. Seeink you on street, I would say captain of water polo team. Then, bouncer in nightclub. Then, bus driver. When you going to grow the big mustache?”

Grow a Mustache

“Running away like fucking rat while brave men are dead in city below. What a fine man you are, Jones. Still have Zula? Are you being nice to her? I suggest you be nice to that girl, Jones, because when I find you, I will kill you fast if you have treated her well and if you have harmed her in any way, I will do it in a way that is not so nice. I have sent a thousand jihadists to heaven to be with their virgins, but you I am going to send to hell.” And he hung up the phone and threw it into the sea.

Sokolov the badass

Taking in some of Jones’s exploits, his death statistics, she shook her head convulsively. “This guy really sucks ass.” “But you knew that,” Csongor said. “No foolin’.”

” “When you’re ready, let me know; we’ll attack his flank and observe how he reacts. I’ll watch from above.” “Like a god of Olympus,” Clover said. “You think that’ll be a problem?” “For a bunch of veteran T’Rain players to go into action, knowing that the eyes of Egdod are upon them? No, I don’t think that’ll be a problem.” “Good.”

like a god of Olympus. lol.

” In a pocket of his leathers, Chet was carrying a Leatherman that included pliers and a wire cutter.

So glad to see Neal referenced the best utility tool ever made.