"Clear-cutting" was the word for what the Rusties had done to the old forests: felling every tree, killing every living thing, turning entire countries into grazing land. Whole rain forests had been consumed, reduced from millions of interlocking species to a bunch of cows eating grass, a vast web of life traded for cheap hamburgers. "Look, we're not clear-cutting. All we're doing is pulling out the garbage that the Rusties left behind,” David said. "It just takes a little surgery to do it."
Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." "We are ugly. - Scott Westerfeld
Making ourselves feel ugly is not fun." "We are ugly.
- Scott Westerfeld
Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict. - Scott Westerfeld
Luckily for writers - and unluckily for history - every scientific idea creates human conflict.
Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was. - Scott Westerfeld
Nature didn't need an operation to be beautiful. It just was.
Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies. - Scott Westerfeld
Plot idea: 97% of the world's scientists contrive an environmental crisis, but are exposed by a plucky band of billionaires & oil companies.
The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them. - Scott Westerfeld
The flowers were so beautiful, so delicate and unthreatening, but they choked everything around them.
One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we don't know. Ideas can come at any time … - Scott Westerfeld
One of the most common questions writers are asked is "Where do you get your ideas?" But the sad truth is, we don't know. Ideas can come at any time …
Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos. - Scott Westerfeld
Reality had no gears, and you never knew what surprises would come spinning out of its chaos.
Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch. - Scott Westerfeld
Left alone, human beings are a plague. They multiply relentlessly, consuming every resource, destroying everything they touch.
In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly. - Scott Westerfeld
In a world of extreme beauty, anyone normal is ugly.
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