David Brin

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more…

— David Brin

One of life's joys was to have friends who gave you reality checks...who would call you on your crap before it rose…

— David Brin

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were…

— David Brin

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of…

— David Brin

“How can we set up a system which encourages individuals to strive and excel, and yet which shows some compassion to the…

— David Brin

It is a paradox of Life that all species breed past mere replacement. Any paradise of plenty soon fills to become paradise…

— David Brin

Whenever I see a new film, I deliberately tune down several 'dials' in my mind - critical faculties associated with logic, plotting,…

— David Brin

Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a…

— David Brin

Human beings are inherently misled into subjective fantasies, but there's a saving grace. We all have different delusions. Other people don't necessarily…

— David Brin

Competition, by itself, always leads to cheating by the powerful, who try to establish pyramids of power, like feudalism. Yet, competition is…

— David Brin

Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres…

— David Brin

In all of history, we have found just one cure for error—a partial antidote against making and repeating grand, foolish mistakes, a…

— David Brin

You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!

— David Brin

“It was a strange trek — the sullen leading the apathetic, followed by the confused, all tailed by the inveterately amused.”

— David Brin

History and geology show what an eyeblink it's been since our current, comfortable culture came about. And yet that culture is using…

— David Brin

The fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.

— David Brin

“Alex felt the words wash over him. He had the strange fantasy the things were seeking places within him to lay their…

— David Brin

Historically, central planners have generally done a poor job of managing economic resources - this we've known since the time of the…

— David Brin

“Humorists are precisely the kinds of guys who can cut through the orgy of petty indignation that the aging baby boomers are…

— David Brin

I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that…

— David Brin

The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate…

— David Brin

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.

— David Brin