Genre Quotes by Edward M. Lerner

Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect.

— Edward M. Lerner

Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example, ought never to be read in isolation.

— Edward M. Lerner

“Examining the new assailants, the predator inferred something of vital importance: These creatures had been crafted specifically to attack it. The predator had no…

— Edward M. Lerner

Authors like reading. Go figure. So it's not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects.

— Edward M. Lerner

In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In SF, a…

— Edward M. Lerner

I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future that is…

— Edward M. Lerner

Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to the remote…

— Edward M. Lerner

One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history.

— Edward M. Lerner

Readers and viewers will differ about what's totally standalone, what's totally serially dependent, and what's merely enriched by reading/viewing in a particular order.

— Edward M. Lerner

What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.

— Edward M. Lerner

The scope of what I have to say determines the length of what I write.

— Edward M. Lerner

Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels natural.

— Edward M. Lerner