Quotes From "How To Write Science Fiction" By Paul Di Filippo

Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe. 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. Paul Di Filippo

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate. 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. Paul Di Filippo