"The mers were also designed to reproduce only……" — Joan D. Vinge
"The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed."
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39 Quotes by Joan D. Vinge
Joan D. Vinge has 39 quotes on this site.
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For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.
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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.
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These days too many of us seem inclined to cover our ears, close our eyes, and blindly follow the most…
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And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with…
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Life scars us with its random motion, he thought. Only death is perfect.
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Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.
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The futures and ultimate fates of the characters in The Snow Queen are profoundly changed by choices made in their…
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Theres no such thing as a free lunch, at least on the karmic level.
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Myth is, after all, the neverending story.
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As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more…
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Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.
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Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre…
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The true humanist maintains a just balance between sympathy and selection.
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The delicate balance between modesty and conceit is popularity.
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