"God, even her voice is total audio-sex."
—Julia Evans (on her Really Gets Around friend), Mindstar Rising'. Example of Aroused by Their Voice.
"I have no language of my own. Obviously, I have to use human terms."
—The Hexaemeron, The Nano Flower. Example of Aliens Speaking English.
"The footman who opened the Aston Martin's door was dressed in smart grey livery. Charlotte alighted gracefully, careful not to smile when she caught his eyes straying to her legs as her skirt rode up on the car's cushioning. She'd had ten-centimetre bone grafts put in her legs, six centimetres above the knee, four below. Her muscles had been recontoured around the extensions. It was an expensive treatment, but well worth it. Her new legs were powerfully athletic, beautifully shaped; designed to make men wish."
—The Nano Flower. Example of Leg Focus.
"The current price for assassinating Victor Tyo was half a million Eurofrancs, offered by Eugene Selby after his attempt to snatch research data on magnetic logic circuits ended with his hotrods being backtracked and taken out by a couple of Foxhound missiles. The price for killing that assassin should he or she prove successful was a million Eurofrancs. A quarter of a million Eurofrancs could be picked up by anyone who cared to reveal Eugene Selby's present geographical coordinates.
Victor's life was nearly all tangled up in deterrent circles like that these days. It didn't particularly bother him. All part of the game. His choice to be a player had been made long ago."
Victor's life was nearly all tangled up in deterrent circles like that these days. It didn't particularly bother him. All part of the game. His choice to be a player had been made long ago."
—The Nano Flower. Example of Price on Their Head.
"I thought the two of you were trying to out-cool each other to death."
—Greg Mandel, The Nano Flower. Example of Testosterone Poisoning.
