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Necromancer (Childe Cycle, #2) QUOTES

Necromancer (Childe Cycle, #2) QUOTES

1 " Now our world is at the present time firmly in the grip of a mechanical monster, whose head - if you want to call it that - is the World Engineer's Complex. That monster is opposed to us and can keep all too good a tab on us through every purchase we make with our credit numbers, every time we use the public transportation or eat a meal or rent a place to live. "

― Gordon R. Dickson , Necromancer (Childe Cycle, #2)

2 " there was more to modern mining than logic. The best engineers had feel. It was a sensitivity born of experience, of talent, and even of something like love, with which they commanded, not only the mountains, but the machine they rode and directed. Now this too was added to the list of man’s endeavors for which some special talent was needed. "

― Gordon R. Dickson , Necromancer (Childe Cycle, #2)

3 " His eyes were curiously deep, and a warm, gray color. His mouth was thin-lipped, but a little wide and altogether friendly. His light, straight brown hair was already receding at the temples. He wore it clipped short, and he would be nearly bald before his thirties were out, but since he was not the sort of man to whom good looks are necessary, this would make little difference. "

― Gordon R. Dickson , Necromancer (Childe Cycle, #2)