Mr. Taylor[…] tells this story with a good deal of essayistic flair, precision and flyaway wit.

Modern eco-fascists still draw on the same Romantic contrast between the sublime hierarchies of nature and the supposedly effete degeneracy of modernity.

Primary mass relays can propel ships thousands of light years, often from one spiral arm of the galaxy to another.

GizmoDuck: Excuse me! Just a little case of Jekyll and Hyde, that's all!