"If the Holy Bible was printed as an Ace Double," an editor once remarked, “it would be cut down to two 20,000-word halves with the Old Testament retitled as 'Master of Chaos' and the New Testament as 'The Thing With Three Souls.' ."


"Gliese 581 (a.k.a. HO Librae, Wolf 562, BD -7° 4003, and several other monikers) is a BY Draconis variable; these are red dwarfs (mostly) that vary semi-regularly with a small amplitude and a time scale of hours to days. The variation is believed to be due to large starspots, with the period reflecting the star's rotation."


"Popular posters of the Kefahuchi Tract were taped up on every wall. The New Men had some kind of cult, centred round the idea that this was where they had originated. It was as sad as everything else about them. Every child knew where they came from and it
wasn't there." --M John Harrison, Light (2003)