Paul Di Filippo quotes

Writing one's first novel, getting it sold, and shepherding it through the labyrinths of editing, production, marketing, journalism, and social media is an arduous and nerve-wracking process. (Paul Di Filippo)
Every Luke Skywalker needs his Darth Vader. View quote
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Generally speaking, by the time a subculture such as steampunk secures the attention of major media, resulting in extensive coverage of the craze, said phenomenon is already on the way out. View quote
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More than we sleep, play, or make love, we work. Yet despite - or perhaps because of - this dominant daily grind, much of our literature is biased toward other pursuits. View quote
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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. View quote
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Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe. View quote
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Every new generation of SF writers remakes cyberpunk - a genre often laced with dystopian subtexts - in its own image. View quote
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It's a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature. View quote
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