Some of it is carefully structured and well-thought-out. That’s where the real danger lies.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERDawn 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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If you’re crazy, there’s two things you can do to make yourself feel better: One is to get yourself cured. The other is to make everyone you have to deal with crazy.
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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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Growing up, I never gave a thought to being a writer.
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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.
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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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I play basketball and try to go diving at least once a year. I don’t really have hobbies in the traditional sense.
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I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Science-fiction allowed me to go places that were otherwise inaccessible, which is why I started reading it.
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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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I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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Advances have fallen, generally, for everything except the biggest potential bestsellers.
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Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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