The overwhelming triumph of the international multimedia conglomerate has resulted in less diversity within the field and has made it much harder for newer writers not only to break in, but to make any kind of a living while doing so.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERGiven all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
More Alan Dean Foster Quotes
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Dawn was written well before 9/11. People speak a lot today about the banality of evil, but not all evil is banal.
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That means there’s also more bad SF available. Whether there is also more good is a matter for future historians of the field.
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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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The thing all writers do best is find ways to avoid writing.
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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Writing allows me the time to travel and see the world, which is what I always wanted to do.
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Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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There is nothing in art, in philosophy, or in politics to match the fervor of mutual cooperation among discordant bands of fanatics.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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