Characteristic Quote by Edward M. Lerner Download Open image “The distinguishing characteristic of the techno-thriller is technical detail.” — Edward M. Lerner ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 3.2 out of 5 (10 ratings) Copy quoteShare Characteristic Detail Distinguishing Technical
“techne assumes the character of a controlling revealing. It is this tendency towards control and mastery that establishes the ambivalence of techne.” — Barbara Bolt Copy Share Image
This is not an international thriller so much as a fiercely literate attempt to subvert the thriller genre itself. — Christopher Rice Copy Share Image
In many cases, the line between a thriller and a crime novel has become too blurred to be useful. — Susie Dent Copy Share Image
As far as tech videos go, we try to present things as realistically as possible. — Marques Brownlee Copy Share Image
There's more to research than just looking up facts. Eventually, you have to make subjective calls. If you're writing a science fiction novel, there's… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
If you're writing a detective novel or horror or sci-fi, you want to expand or reinvigorate the genre in your own little way. — Colson Whitehead Copy Share Image
My favorite types of movies definitely aren't thrillers, but at the same time you can't deny the genius of Hitchcock's films. — Aaron Yoo Copy Share Image
The detective genre is not easy because you've got to get to a conclusion that is unexpected. — Miranda Otto Copy Share Image
Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect. — Edward M. Lerner 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 isolation. — Edward M. Lerner 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 had no… — Edward M. Lerner 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 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 SF, a… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
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 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 the remote… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
One doesn't just wander unvetted into someone else's epic interstellar future history. — Edward M. Lerner 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 order. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
The scope of what I have to say determines the length of what I write. — Edward M. Lerner 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 natural. — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
Pride is tough. You go to high school, and its 'pride,' 'courage;' it's all these types of words that we use to motivate us.… — Troy Polamalu Copy Share Image
On the contrary, the characteristic element of the present situation is that economic questions have finally and irrevocably invaded the domain of public life… — Arthur Henderson Copy Share Image
I'm a typically lazy person. It is sort of characteristic of actors. — Liev Schreiber Copy Share Image
“And they are deformed though it does not show on the outside. I live only my dwarf life. I never go around tall and… — Pär Lagerkvist Copy Share Image
The ability of humans to read meaning into patterns is the most defining characteristic we have. — Eleanor Catton Copy Share Image
Indian nouns are extremely connotive; that is, the name does more than simply denote the thing to which it belongs - in denoting the… — John Wesley Powell Copy Share Image
In every advanced mammalian species that survives and thrives, a common anthropological characteristic is the fierce behavior of the adult female of the species… — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
The American Civil War produced carnage that has often been thought reserved for the combination of technological proficiency and inhumanity characteristic of a later… — Drew Gilpin Faust Copy Share Image
Zaha Hadid's Maxxi Museum is proof that Rome and contemporary architecture are no longer a paradox. The building is characteristic Hadid - with curving… — Amanda Hearst Copy Share Image
Black holes can bang against space-time as mallets on a drum and have a very characteristic song. — Janna Levin Copy Share Image
Can Israelis be wistful? It is not the characteristic we usually associate with them; more typically they are said to be tough, sweet, angry,… — Elliott Abrams Copy Share Image
