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Alan Dean Foster

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We’re not a particular species. Check out popular video games.
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Check Game Paricular Poepilar Spevies Video
Getting inside the mind of a terrorist wasn’t difficult at all.
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All Difficult Get Inside Mind Terrorist
In loquaciousness lay insanity.
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Insanity Lay
It is always hard when reality intrudes on belief.
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Always Belief Hard Intrude Reality
So rewriting is hard for me. I mean, I already know the story and would rather read something new.
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Already Know Hard Me New Read Rewrite Something
Wider travels have given me considerably greater insight into how cultural differences affect not only people, but politics and art.
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Art Culture Difference Wide Politics Travel
Spontaneity is one of the joys of existence, especially if you prepare for it in advance.
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Advance Especial Existence Joy One Prepare Spontaneous
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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Banal Banality Before Drawn Evil People Speak Today Write
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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Basketball Divide Hobby Least Once Play Traditional Year
I engage in too many activities already through the actions of my characters.
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Action Activity Already Character Engage Many Though
Where lies the line between sorcery and science? It is only a matter of terminology, my friend.
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Between Friend Line Matter Science Sorcery Terminology
I usually do one con a year as a GoH and try to make the World Fantasy Convention for business purposes.
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Business Convention Fantasy Make Purpose Usually World Year
I enjoy listening to classical music and heavy metal.
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Classical Enjoy heavy Listen Metal
Even as children, human beings fabricate elaborate revenge fantasies.
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Beings Children Elaborate Even Fabricate Human
I would hope that my characters have become deeper and more rounded personalities.
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Become Character Deep Hope Personality Round
I write early in the morning, usually after reading portions of at least half a dozen newspapers on the web.
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Dozen Early Half Least Morning Usually Newspaper Portion Read Web White
Given all the changes, both economic and technological, SF hasn’t done too badly.
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Badly Change Economic Give Technology
Besides the mistakes that are pointed out, I love the way readers become involved with the characters.
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Become Besides Character Involve Love Mistake Reader Way
Freedom is just Chaos, with better lighting.
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Better Chaos Freedom Just Light
Getting from page four to page five is more important than spending three weeks getting page four perfect.
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Four Get Important More Page Perfect Spend Week
It’s a life of sacrifice. There are rewards, but also a certain degree of sterility.
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Certain Kife Reward Sacrifice Sterility
The universe is full of dead people who lived by assumption.
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Assumption Dead Full Live People Universe
I’d really like to have been Sir Richard Francis Burton, but it’s the wrong century.
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Celebrity Century Like People Really Rong
I try to challenge myself as much as possible, as often as possible.
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Challenge Much Myself Often Possible Try
I’ve been writing full-time since 1978.
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Ful Long Since Time Write
Last year I went to a worldcon for the first time in two decades. I may go again this year.
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Decade Last Went Worldcon Year
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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