I Was Thinking Of Writing A Little

You Can't Really Predict The Future. All You Can Do Is Invent It.

You Don't Think Progress Goes In A Straight Line, Do You? Do You Recognize That It Is An Ascending, Accelerating, Maybe Even Exponential Curve? It Takes Hell's Own Time To Get Started, But When It Goes It Goes Like A Bomb.

If You Don't Care About Science Enough To Be Interested In It On Its Own, You Shouldn't Try To Write Hard Science Fiction. You Can Write Like Ray Bradbury And Harlan Ellison As Much As You Want.

For Someone To Be Taken Seriously It Was Valuable To Have The Appearance Of Someone Who Deserved To Be Taken Seriously.

What Were We Doing Here? Traveling Hundreds Or Thousands Of Light-years, To Break Our Hearts?