Century Quote by Stanley Schmidt

“As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.”

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Through our entire history we have become accustomed to pushing [animals] around in ways dictated by our own wants and needs without much regard…

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intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking.

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When something hasn't been around much for a while, and one example of it turns up and catches people's eyes, they go looking for…

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Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.

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I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by the nature…

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I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any…

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