I like to do things that are surprising and different.

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Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with...

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out...

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what...

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if...

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Selling a book or story has never become absolutely automatic for me.

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

Electronic distribution is more of a fall-back strategy for putting out a book that isn't...

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

It's soothing to realize that my mind's processes are inherently uncontrollable.

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

But how does it feel to plug into a system that's say, a million times...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I'm still...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

Advice to beginning SF writers? Write a lot, finish what you write, and when it's...

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

Unfortunately our nation, nay, our world, is run by evil morons.

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

It's tedious to watch something very obvious being worked out, like a movie that's not...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

At present, however, I don't think the Net is a very good medium for books,...

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Lately I've been working to convince myself that everything is a computation.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

Computations are everywhere, once you begin to look at things in a certain way.

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.

I like a book better if I can't predict what's going to happen.