Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction.

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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...

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.

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...

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...

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.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

I think dry nanotechnology is probably a dead-end.

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

All living things are gnarly, in that they inevitably do things that are much more...

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

The hard fact is that not everyone does get published.

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.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

If all else fails, there's always print or web zines.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

A computation is a process that obeys finitely describable rules.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts.

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

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

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...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

If you think of your life as a kind of computation, it's quite abundantly clear...

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.

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

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

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...

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...

I like to do things that are surprising and different.

I like to do things that are surprising and different.