Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.
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Paul Di Filippo
As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.
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Paul Di Filippo
The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.
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Paul Di Filippo
That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.
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Paul Di Filippo
We realized that among us, among all the races, we had a staggering fund of knowledge and of techniques - that working together, by putting together all this knowledge and capability, we could arrive at something that would be far greater and more significant than...
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Clifford D. Simak
More Quotes By Greg Bear
Once, poets were magicians. Poets were strong, stronger than warriors or kings – stronger than old hapless gods. And they will be strong once again.
He held her hand and shook his head. "They're inside, part of us by now. They are us. Where can we escape?
Conservatism is not about tradition and morality, hasn't been for many decades... It is about the putative biological and spiritual superiority of the wealthy.
I will learn by screwing up.
Oh, there will still be deception. The fresh crew will emerge as adults, will have memories of past training and lives. Our stories, our lives, will go on. I refuse to allow that love to die, just because it was never real.
