I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn't write it in the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I write exclusively using computers. Pens and typewriters can fsck right off - I wrote my first half million words in my… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I was Computer Shopper's linux columnist for more than half a decade, from the late 90s onwards. Yes, I know about Linux.… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
We are Bay Aryans from Berkeley: prepare to be reengineered in an attractive range of color schemes for your safety and comfort! — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Shut up. Stand up. Put this on. That’s right . . . if you were the kind of man who found it easy to do that kind… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Any replacement to the current copyright position (life plus 70 years) needs to have an answer lined up for this, and similar, messy edge cases. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Time is a corrosive fluid, dissolving motivation, destroying novelty, and leaching the joy from life. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“- Toma un puro, Sherlock. - Lo siento; sólo echo humo cuando me enchufan a la red eléctrica.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I have no policy, for or against: only a personal style. Which is to say, I use them when I think it's appropriate to;… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I was raised thinking that moral and ethical standards are universals that apply equally to everyone. And these values aren't easily compatible with the… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
“Some say the Internet is for porn but you know that in truth the Internet is for spam.” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If I forget, then it might as well never have happened. Memory is liberty. — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
