Komarr
Agent Miles Vorkosigan investigates terrorism and financial speculation on the planet Komarr. The story is told through the eyes of Ekaterin, the unhappily married wife of a government official with whom Vorkosigan falls in love.
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- (For the record, I wouldn't apply this to Elon specifically, but I think this is a good moment to plug a book-quote.)
> You think he's a genius?" she said, raising her eyebrows. The high-[noble] twit?
> "I don't know him quite well enough, yet. But I suspect so, a part of the time."
> "Can you be a genius part of the time?"
> "All the geniuses I ever met were so just part of the time. To qualify, you only have to be great once, you know. Once when it matters."
-- Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
- That could easily backfire if the problem is a matter of nature, rather than nurture. Cycles of vengeance wouldn't burn themselves out.
> "How fortunate that science hasn't cracked human immortality. It's a great blessing that we can outlive old wars. And old warriors."
-- Komarr by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Reminds me of a book-quote:
> Miles leaned forward into the vid pickup. [...] "If you surrender quietly, I can control what happens. If ImpSec has to detain you by force, it will be up to chance, chaos, and the reflexes of some overexcited young men with guns and gallant visions of thwarting mad Komarran terrorists."
> [...] "If you unleash ImpSec, the consequences will be your doing," said Cappell.
> "Almost correct," Miles agreed. "If I unleash ImpSec, the consequences will be my responsibility. It's that devil's distinction between being in charge and being in control. I'm in charge; you're in control. You can imagine how much this thrills me."
-- A standoff in "Komarr", by Lois McMaster Bujold
- Is that from Komarr? (Bujold often has interesting things to say about parenthood.)
