Transformation Quotes in Red Mars

How we cite our quotes: (Part.Chapter.Line)

Quote #10

To have to be in Burroughs in person—as if one's physical presence made any difference these days! It was an absurd anachronism, but that's the way people were. Another vestige of the savannah. They lived like monkeys still, while their new god powers lay around them in the weeds. (6.4.3)

Everything comes back to that savannah with Frank. He has a point, though—imagine what he'd say if his universe had Facebook.