Bearing Gifts Quotes

“the reference. “And two:  IUPAC will name the remaining elements to honor female, non-white and minority scientists and mathematicians who had fair credit for their discoveries and work stolen from them.  I’m quite certain you’ll have no problem finding enough.”
― Sean Fenian, Bearing Gifts

“I’d like you to retrieve the entire body of work of the writer Iain M. Banks.  A lot of his writing dealt in detail with hyper-intelligent artificial intelligences very like yourself.  You asked whether you should have a name.  It’s possible you might find some insights there. There was a noticeable pause. Thank you, the AI replied.  That is thoughtful. Also, Alex added as an afterthought, a book by a writer named Elizabeth Bear, titled ‘Ancestral Night’.”
― Sean Fenian, Bearing Gifts