But then Pen was different. Pen was a man. It seemed natural somehow that he should be self-willed and should have his own way.

Cyberdiscourse is rich in imperial metaphors figuring the early days of cyberspace as the frontier or Wild West.

By your leaves, you shall not stay alone, / Till holy church incorporate two in one.

Everybody, old and young, laughs uproariously at this and immediately forgets all about it.