One Of Life's Joys Was To Have

There's No Doubt That Scientific Training Helps Many Authors To Write Better Science Fiction. And Yet, Several Of The Very Best Were English Majors Who Could Not Parse A Differential Equation To Save Their Lives.

When I Begin A Book, I Inevitably Discover Many Things Along The Way, About The Characters, Their Past Histories And The Political Intrigues That Surround Them. This Discovery Process Is Vital, And I Would Not Prejudice It By Deciding Too Much In Advance

If There Are Still Honest-smart Men And Women Within Those Old And Noble Traditions, They Should Think Carefully, Observe And Diagnose The Illness. They Should Face The Contradiction. Discuss The Conflation. And Then Do As Warren Buffett And Bill Gates And Many Others Have Done. Choose The Miracle Of Creative Competition Over An Idolatry Of Cash. They Should Stand Up.

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.

The Best Time To Act On This Was Decades Ago. The Second Best Time Is Now.