"Science fiction is a literary field crowded with……" — Paul Di Filippo
"Science fiction is a literary field crowded with strong opinions, and no SF novelist delivered himself more memorably of his views - on politics, sexuality, religion, and many other contentious topics - than Robert Heinlein."
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35 Quotes by Paul Di Filippo
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The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.
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That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would…
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What had happened was this. When still young, I had gotten the idea from somewhere that I might be able…
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The clock indicates the moment-but what does eternity indicate?
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Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.
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As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will…
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Neil Gaiman has reached a masterful stage in his writing where he deserves his own adjective, which could be extended…
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The sentient beast has long been a staple of fantasy fiction and its antecedents in myth and folktale.
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Critics, at least generally, want to regard works of fiction as independent entities, whose virtues and failures must be reckoned…
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The constituents of tragedy may be universally acknowledged, easily invoked and deeply felt, but the elements of comedy are, I…
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The three touchstones that woke Buddha up - sickness, old age, and death - are a pretty good place to…
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Quite often, intent on conveying how things can go wrong for a culture (science fiction) or an individual (horror) or…
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More Contentious Quotes
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Long stormy spring-time, wet contentious April, winter chilling the lap of very May; but at length the season of summer…
— Thomas Carlyle
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When you take comprehensive, then we're dealing with certain issues like full citizenship ... And whatever else we disagree on,…
— Herbert Spencer
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This truth may be handled either sinfully or profitably; sinfully as when it is treated on only to satisfy curiosity,…
— Anthony Burgess
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But to proceed in this reconciling project with regard to the question of liberty and necessity; the most contentious question…
— David Hume
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On dispersive ground, therefore, fight not. On facile ground, halt not. On contentious ground, attack not. On open ground, do…
— Sun Tzu
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Ours is supposed to be a government in which classes and distinctions melt into a harmonious whole. Until we reach…
— Timothy Thomas Fortune
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What you saw was the people of New York having a debate, talking through these issues. It was contentious; it…
— Barack Obama
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Dare to contend without being contentious. Preserve the truth without hurting people. Love and be charitable.
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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I like playing on this team. We actually been doin' real good. Got a different mix here. Most important thing…
— Mickey Rivers
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Great wisdom is generous; petty wisdom is contentious. Great speech is impassioned, small speech cantankerous.
— Zhuangzi
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What distinguishes exemplary boards is that they are robust, effective social systems . . .The highest performing companies have extremely…
— Jeffrey Sonnenfeld
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Aristotle... a mere bond-servant to his logic, thereby rendering it contentious and well nigh useless.
— Francis Bacon
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