Petals Floating By, Drift Through My Woman's

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

Patience Is Fine, But I'm Not Going To Stop Asking The Universe To Make Sense!

Predicting Has A Spotty Record In Science Fiction. I've Had Some Failures. On The Other Hand, I Also Predicted The Fall Of The Berlin Wall And The Rise Of Fundamentalist Islam... And I'm Not Happy To Be Right In All Of Those Cases

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.

My First Duty To Write A Gripping Yarn. Second Is To Convey Credible Characters Who Make You Feel What They Feel. Only Third Comes The Idea.