Author: John Gray

Cited by

• Nicholas Hogg (1)
  • IN: Tokyo (2015) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: Ravens have been recorded swooping over bands of gorillas, teasingly playing at attacking them. These birds show the ability to deceive that comes with the power of language. In this they are no different from humans. Where humans differ from ravens is that they use language to look back on their lives and call up a virtual self.
    FROM: Straw Dogs: Thoughts On Humans And Other Animals, (2002), Book, UK
• Simon Conway (1)
  • IN: Rock Creek Park (2012) Fiction, American
    EPIGRAPH: It seems feasible that over the coming century human nature will be scientifically remodelled. If so, it will be done haphazardly, as an upshot of struggles in the murky realm where big business, organised crime and the hidden parts of government vie for control.
    FROM: Straw Dogs, (2002), Book, US
• Richard Morgan (1)
  • IN: Black Man (2007) Fiction, British
    EPIGRAPH: It seems feasible that over the coming century human nature will be scientifically remodelled. If so, it will be done haphazardly, as an upshot of struggles in the murky realm where big business, organised crime and the hidden parts of government vie for control.
    FROM: Straw Dogs, (2002), Book, US