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Deep One
“And in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell
amidst wonder and glory for ever.”
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft, 1936

Forty-Two Sweat
“‘You’re really not going to like it’
observed Deep Thought.”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, 1978

Jazz Traitor
“Today he plays Jazz.
Tomorrow he betrays his country.”
Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
S. Sebag Montefiore, 2004

Miniluv
“You asked me once, what was in Room 101.
I told you that you knew the answer already.
Everyone knows it. The thing that is in Room
101 is the worst thing in the world.”
Nineteen Eighty-Four
George Orwell, 1949

Muslim Jesus
“The kingdom of Heaven is within.”
The Bible
Various, 1611

So It Goes
“The champagne was dead, so it goes.”
Slaughterhouse 5
Kurt Vonnegut, 1969

Mind Killer
“I must not fear. Fear is the mind-killer.
Fear is the little-death that brings total
obliteration.”
Dune
Frank Herbert, 1965

Babylon Rocker
“I an’ I come Zion wi’ Aerol, Babylon Rocker.
Leave Mr. Armitage t’ talk wi’ ghost cassette,
one ghost t’ ‘nother. . .”
Neuromancer
William Gibson, 1984

Frenemies
“Keep your friends close,
But your enemies closer.”
The Prince
Niccolo Machiavelli, 1513

L’Enfer
“Hell is other people”
No Exit
Jean-Paul Sartre, 1944

Forty-Two
“‘You’re really not going to like it’
observed Deep Thought.”
The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
Douglas Adams, 1978

Deep One Sweat
“And in that lair of the Deep Ones we shall dwell
amidst wonder and glory for ever.”
The Shadow Over Innsmouth
H.P. Lovecraft, 1936

We
“But dear readers, you must think, at least a little. It helps.”
We
Yevgeny Zamyatin, 1921

Strange Aeons
“That is not dead which can eternal lie, and with strange aeons even death may die.”
The Call of Cthulhu
H.P. Lovecraft, 1931

Corto’s Crash AW
“Falling burned and blinded
out of a Siberian sky…”
Neuromancer
William Gibson, 1984

Corto’s Crash SS
“Falling burned and blinded
out of a Siberian sky…”
Neuromancer
William Gibson, 1984