If an outsider perceives ‘something wrong’ with a core scientific model, the humble and justified response of that curious outsider should be to ask ‘what mistake am I making?’ before assuming 100% of the experts are wrong.
Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon so-called eternal verities, SF deals with the possibility that our children may have different problems. They may, indeed, be different than we have been.
History and geology show what an eyeblink it’s been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using up absolutely everything at a ferocious rate.
Self-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn’t need it in order to be successful, or even smart.
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.
The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.
Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
Prison for the crime of puberty – that was how secondary school had seemed.
I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.
Petals floating by, Drift through my woman’s hand, As she remembers me.
A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.
Patience is fine, but I’m not going to stop asking the Universe to make sense!
Beware of assumptions that seem “obvious” in one decade. They may become quaint in the next.
Alas, criticism has always been what human beings, especially leaders, most hate to hear.
With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.
Everything isn’t subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.
Gaia spins on, silently contemplating what it means to be born into a sarcastic universe.
Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction.
Science Fiction is the jazz of literature.
It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise no more.