Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature.

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Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal...

Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal...

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the...

When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the...

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

Fortunately, human beings are remarkably diverse models to work from.

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

Only a knowledgeable, empowered and vocal citizenry can perform well in democracy.

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't...

Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't...

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the...

It is said that power corrupts, but actually it's more true that power attracts the...

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who...

My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds....

I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds....

I find humans tremendously interesting.

I find humans tremendously interesting.

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find...

But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find...

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of...

In the book, America had already been weakened by bio terror plagues before waves of...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and...

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats...

We already live a very long time for mammals, getting three times as many heartbeats...

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked,...

She had called in the debt that parents owe a child for bringing her, unasked,...

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And...

There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And...

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other...

Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other...

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.

My education and background thoroughly inform my writing.