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Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to…

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Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just…
I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same…
Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but…
Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is…
There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to…
There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is…
When something hasn't been around much for a while, and one example of it turns up and catches people's eyes, they go…
This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing…
I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by…
Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide…
What SF can do better than anything else is show us the range of our possible futures, and what we can do…
Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it…

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The mere thought hadn't even begun to speculate about the merest possibility of crossing my mind. — Douglas Adams
I cannot anyhow be contented to view this wonderful universe, and especially the nature of man, and to conclude that everything is… — Charles Darwin
To speculate without facts is to attempt to enter a house of which one has not the key, by wandering aimlessly round… — Julian Huxley
I shall discuss the broad patterns of hominoid evolution, an exercise made enjoyable by the need to integrate diverse kinds of information,… — David Pilbeam
It is much better to learn to deal with the ills we have now than to speculate on those that may befall… — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
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I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with a science… — Gene Wolfe
It is marvelous indeed to watch on television the rings of Saturn close; and to speculate on what we may yet find… — Gore Vidal
When people say negative things or speculate, you can't help but feel hurt. — Ann Curry
I wouldn't care to speculate about what it is in Westlake's psyche that makes him so good at writing about Parker, much… — Terry Teachout
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We need not resolve the difficult question of when life begins. When those trained in the respective disciplines of medicine, philosophy, and… — Harry A. Blackmun

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