The Hugo Award Showcase Quotes

“After thousands of years, the ray-gun reached Earth. It fell from the sky like a meteor; it grew hot enough to glow, but it didn’t burn up. The ray-gun fell at night during a blizzard. Traveling thousands of miles an hour, the ray-gun plunged deep into snow-covered woods. The snow melted so quickly that it burst into steam. The blizzard continued, unaffected. Some things can’t be harmed, even by ray-guns.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume

“Our earth was just one thin example of what was possible, and because it was possible, this history was inevitable”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume

“Aristotle, asked what those who tell lies gain by it, replied: That when they speak the truth they are not believed::”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume

“When you are a certain age or when you have lost certain things and people, Aimee’s crippling grief will make a terrible poisoned dark sense.”
― Elizabeth Bear, The Hugo Award Showcase, 2010 Volume