SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because the SF field is never going in any one direction at any one time, there is hardly a way to cut it off.

Quote by Larry Niven

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I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

I do not believe they've run out of surprises.

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to...

We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to...

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry...

I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry...

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

Mother Nature doesn't care if you're having fun.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

In general, I don't know when inspiration will pop up.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

I'd repair our education system or replace it with something that works.

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a...

Building one space station for everyone was and is insane: we should have built a...

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

I never got good at predicting what millions of people will suddenly decide is rational.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to...

My problem with new writers is that it takes me five or six years to...

As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along...

As for AIDS, it's a plague. We are human, we get plagues. They come along...

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how...

Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how...

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it...

In hindsight it may even seem inevitable that a socialist society will starve when it...

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

Everything starts as somebody's daydream.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

But... watching Steven Barnes taught me to treat my life like an art form.

I love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.

We're looking as far ahead as we can, and we don't get penalized for mistakes.

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.

I've spent a lot of my life among people brighter than myself.