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- Myself
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think I set myself on a course to become a scientist around about the time that Carl Sagan's 'Cosmos' series was on television, and there really was no going back for me at that point, and then I went on to study space science and then get my Ph.D., then go aboard and work in the European Space Agency.
- Every
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the big breakthroughs I had as a writer was when I stopped agonising over every word.
- Heavy Burden
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- Nov 07, 2020
When you're writing stuff that's already clotted with neologisms and trying to get across fairly abstruse concepts, you're already putting a heavy burden on the reader.
- Point
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- Nov 07, 2020
I couldn't ever write a straight crime novel: there'd be an intrusion of weirdness at some point.
- Look
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I look back at many of the moments of wonder, awe, or terror that I've got from science fiction, it's often been because I've been put in the head of one of the characters.
- Nov 07, 2020
I'm still bothered by the threat of nuclear war.
- Morning
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm not a morning person: I can't function until I've had a coffee - or several.
- Nov 07, 2020
To be remembered at all is an achievement of sorts.
- Furniture
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- Nov 07, 2020
I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in science fiction is second hand.
- Nov 07, 2020
I prioritise story over science, but not at the expense of being really stupid about it.
- Never
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- Nov 07, 2020
I always say that keeping abreast of science should never be seen as a chore. It should be something you do naturally. I don't sit there reading 'New Scientist,' putting post-it notes next to ideas.
- Believe
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- Nov 07, 2020
If there's a story I absolutely cannot tell without faster-than-light travel, then I am quite prepared to accept it - even though I don't personally believe it is possible.
- Expectations
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- Nov 07, 2020
I think the danger with using the term 'trilogy' is that it sets up particular expectations in the reader's mind.
- Got
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- Nov 07, 2020
I was never strong at maths, but I eventually got onto a university physics/astronomy course, and that led on to my Ph.D. and eventual employment.
- Engineering
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- Nov 07, 2020
I'm fascinated by steam engines and with Victorian engineering generally, and as a corollary to that, I'm fascinated by the idea of long-lived technologies.
- Cornwall
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