I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
ALAN DEAN FOSTERAn apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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When readers start asking about character motivations instead of concentrating on the special effects, it means you’re connecting with them on a personal level.
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Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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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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I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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An apex is always surrounded only by emptiness
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It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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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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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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So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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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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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 engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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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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