The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6 Quotes

“In fact, I dread the press conference—the sly or uncomprehending faces, the cunning questions designed to trip me into giving some cause for alarm, the scenarios of doom they’ll describe in order to put me in the false position of defending my work, defending you against something that hasn’t happened while they hold up recording devices to catch my voice, devices they couldn’t live without, which have almost become part of their bodies, and which, at one time, along with a host of other gadgets large and small, destroyed the world as someone knew it.”
― Neil Clarke, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6

“In keeping with human vanity, you are customizable to a certain extent: your future owners may choose from a variety of colors, hairstyles, genders, and accessories, to deck you out in the fashion of their choice. Groups of you will tread the streets, all “unique” on the surface yet essentially identical, like a bunch of human beings.”
― Neil Clarke, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6

“He will know neither good nor evil; everything he does, all his obedience, will come from the fear that he will cease to exist.”
― Neil Clarke, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6

“Although he will never speak properly, if at all, he will always have an affinity with writing, because writing is a fellow technology.”
― Neil Clarke, The Best Science Fiction of the Year, Volume 6