"Anything can happen in SF. And the fact……" — John Thomas Sladek
"Anything can happen in SF. And the fact that nothing ever does happen in SF is only due to the poverty of our imaginations, we who write it or edit it or read it. But SF can in principle deal with anything."
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John Thomas Sladek
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17 Quotes by John Thomas Sladek
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I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense…
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This is mainly because I spend a lot of time writing and so don't have much time to read; I…
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R-4 got stuck on the First Law. "Can anyone really protect a human being from all harm whatever?" it thought.…
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Whatever I'm reading at the moment seems to influence whatever I'm writing.
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I think these days an SF connection would be a boost to other books; I'm sure more people have read…
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See, I have no journalism in my background, so I wasn't practised at research or writing non-fiction, nor at handling…
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The problem and privilege we all have is being alive in this century and able to read this language. It…
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We didn't have a phone when I was a kid, and I was too shy to smash any public phones,…
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I found some time ago that I have to be careful, while working on a novel, what I read.
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I started writing, or rather, thinking, stories as a child, and at that time the reason was very clear.
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I usually like whatever I've recently finished best.
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In most conventional novels, God is not allowed to be nuts. Nor are nuts allowed to be God.
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