- Power
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- Nov 07, 2020
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- Late
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- Nov 07, 2020
Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
- Past
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- Nov 07, 2020
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.
- Heartbeats
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- Nov 07, 2020
We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats as a mouse or elephant. It never seems enough though, does it?
- Better
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- Nov 07, 2020
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were English majors who could not parse a differential equation to save their lives.
- History
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- Nov 07, 2020
The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
- Parents
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- Nov 07, 2020
She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked, into a strange world. One should never make an offer without knowing full well what will happen if it is accepted.
- Down
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- Nov 07, 2020
Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.
- Happy
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- Nov 07, 2020
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of the Berlin Wall and the rise of fundamentalist Islam... and I'm not happy to be right in all of those cases.
- Normal
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- Nov 07, 2020
One of the rules I try to follow is that normal people are going to be involved even in heroic events.
- Duty
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- Nov 07, 2020
My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.
- Book
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- Nov 07, 2020
In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of selfish violence took down the rest. But the real enemy was the kind of male human being who nurses fantasies of violent glory at the expense of his fellow citizens.
- Out
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- Nov 07, 2020
I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.
- Feeling
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- Nov 07, 2020
I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring.
- Humans
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- Nov 07, 2020