British science fiction writer (1972- )
What is it that gives a building the feeling of life? There were people in there, I could tell, but that meant nothing. In the morning the place is packed with porters from the flower markets and the beery air is heavy with the scent of pollen. In the evenings the clerks and accountants line the tables in neat black velvet rows. The owners of the workhouse round the corner follow them in at about nine o'clock, propping up the bar as they raise a glass to other people's industry. After midnight the ladies and gentlemen appear, slumming it after the opera or the ballet. Later come the stevedores and the butchers, hooks and cleavers tucked in their jackets, ready for trouble.
TONY BALLANTYNE
Dream London
I watched Francis, chatting to a glamorous woman who simply oozed Dream Parisienne style. Her long dark hair was tied up in a chignon, her dark green silk dress followed the elegant curves of her body. Francis would always chat up women, but he didn't mean anything by it. I could appreciate that now.
TONY BALLANTYNE
Dream Paris
It is in the nature of those who have never been told "no" to think that the universe is there for their own benefit.
TONY BALLANTYNE
Recursion
The unprepared will eventually be destroyed; ignorance is no hiding place.
TONY BALLANTYNE
Recursion
Who is right? How do we know? Where is the answer written? Perhaps it's not written anywhere ... or perhaps it is written all around us, in letters so big that we can't see them! Imagine that, we could be walking on a world where the answer is all around us, and we can't even see it!
TONY BALLANTYNE
Twisted Metal
The best joke of all is to give someone just what they've wanted.
TONY BALLANTYNE
Recursion
You're a robot and I'm a robot. We're all robots. Is that normal? Is robot life any more normal than the biological life that creeps across this planet? We are obviously superior to biological life, but why? Why are we?
TONY BALLANTYNE
Twisted Metal