The Prolapsing Empire Quotes

“He unfailingly managed to preserve the core messages of the works, while stripping out what little fun and wonder those copies of copies had contained.  The works of previous generations were simply too stimulating – so stimulating that many City Zens read them simply for the joy of it, and not for the healthy doses of approved properthink that they were meant to instill. He grunted.  No one would ever accuse anyone of reading his works for pure enjoyment.  No sir.  His works existed first and foremost to serve the edicts of the Lords and Masters Above. It was the least one”
― E. Reagan Wright, The Prolapsing Empire: An On-Schedule Story