Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
ALAN DEAN FOSTER
We’re all nothing but unified arrangements of atoms and particles, drifting around.
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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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The storm hit with all the fury of a woman who’d been dieting for six months, only to discover she’d gained four pounds.
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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I hear entire symphonies, oratorios, in my head, but I can’t write a note.
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Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
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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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Enjoying consciousness every now and then for a second or so before splitting up to become bits and pieces of trees and stars and french fries.
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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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I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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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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How much research I have to do depends on the nature of the story. For fantasy, none at all.
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