I Regret Having Been The Bearer Of

I Hate The Whole übermensch, Superman Temptation That Pervades Science Fiction. I Believe No Protagonist Should Be So Competent, So Awe-inspiring, That A Committee Of 20 Really Hard-working, Intelligent People Couldn't Do The Same Thing.

Creative People See Prometheus In A Mirror, Never Pandora.

Many People Have Tried To Define Science Fiction. I Like To Call It The Literature Of Exploration And Change. While Other Genres Obsess Upon So-called Eternal Verities, Sf Deals With The Possibility That Our Children May Have Different Problems. They May, Indeed, Be Different Than We Have Been.

History And Geology Show What An Eyeblink It's Been Since Our Current, Comfortable Culture Came About. And Yet That Culture Is Using Up Absolutely Everything At A Ferocious Rate.

The Fundamental Premise Of Sci-fi Is Not Spaceships And Lasers - It's That Children Can Learn From The Mistakes Of Their Parents.