Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect. — Edward M. Lerner Cause Copy Share Image
Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. 'The Two Towers,' for example, ought never to be read in… — Edward M. Lerner Anything Copy Share Image
“Examining the new assailants, the predator inferred something of vital importance: These creatures had been crafted specifically to attack it. The predator… — Edward M. Lerner Animals Copy Share Image
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 Authors Copy Share Image
In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Words used other than literally. In… — Edward M. Lerner Books Copy Share Image
I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future… — Edward M. Lerner Believe Copy Share Image
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to… — Edward M. Lerner Asteroid Copy Share Image
One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history. — Edward M. Lerner Epic Copy Share Image
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… — Edward M. Lerner About Copy Share Image
What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one. — Edward M. Lerner Author Copy Share Image
The scope of what I have to say determines the length of what I write. — Edward M. Lerner Determine Copy Share Image
Science works as a way to make sense of life and the universe. Hard SF as my preferred fictional genre just feels… — Edward M. Lerner Feels Copy Share Image
History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp -… — Edward M. Lerner About Copy Share Image
It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's… — Edward M. Lerner Agreed Copy Share Image
I'm a physicist and computer scientist by training. I worked in high tech for thirty years as everything from engineer to senior… — Edward M. Lerner Began Copy Share Image
One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy can be neither created nor destroyed. — Edward M. Lerner Bedrock Copy Share Image
Too much detail can bog down any story. Enough with the history of gunpowder, the geology of Hawaii, the processes of whaling,… — Edward M. Lerner Any Copy Share Image
Anything that can unambiguously represent two values - while resisting, just a wee bit, randomly flipping from the state you want retained… — Edward M. Lerner Anything Copy Share Image
The challenge - and much of the fun - of writing in an established future history lies in incorporating new knowledge while… — Edward M. Lerner Before Copy Share Image
The distinguishing characteristic of the techno-thriller is technical detail. — Edward M. Lerner Characteristic Copy Share Image
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can… — Edward M. Lerner Bodies Copy Share Image
I was only eight when Sputnik was launched, and at that age the boundary between science and fiction is pretty blurry. Whichever… — Edward M. Lerner Age Copy Share Image
Happily, researchphilia is not the problem it once was. The Internet makes just-in-time research very practical. — Edward M. Lerner Happily Copy Share Image
I like to think readers appreciate a well-drawn near-future as well as a well-drawn far-future. — Edward M. Lerner Appreciate Copy Share Image
A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster… — Edward M. Lerner About Copy Share Image
