This is the sort of book that justifies fatwahs. If WWIII occurred right now, we could die happy knowing Baxter would never write again. If a dinosaur killing asteroid was headed for Earth and I knew Baxter had another book coming up, I would campaign for letting the rock hit, since it is obviously the work of a benovelent deity trying to save us from another Titan.

[F]olks would better off dipping their heads in a bucket of liquid [nitrogen] and battering them against a tree very very hard than reading Baxter's Titan. It …

I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.

Romeo and Juliet *died*. I always liked that in a teen romance story.

You can choose whatever name you like for the two types of government. I personally call the type of government which can be removed without ?violence 'democra…

'They say they blame it on a song when someone kills a cop, what music did they listen to when they bombed Iraq?'

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!