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“ Once anthropology and geology had opened up the pre-recordkeeping darkness of humanity's long, slow, sustained infancy as suitable grounds for speculation, writers began trying to imagine human existence as it must have been with only stone-age technology. ”

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Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.

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As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

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What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able to write... Maybe the deadly notion came from liking to read so much. Maybe I was in love with the image of being a writer. Whatever. It had been a really bad idea. Because I couldn't write, at least not by the bluntly and frequently expressed standards of anyone in a position to offer any encouragement and feedback.

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The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

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