We need to take command of the solar system to gain that wealth, and to escape the sea of paper our government is becoming, and for some decent chance of stopping a Dinosaur Killer asteroid.

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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 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.

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'm not predicting; I just love playing with superconductors.

I'm not predicting; I just love playing with 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.

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

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

SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because...

SF isn't a genre; SF is the matrix in which genres are embedded, and because...

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...

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...

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...

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

Treat your life like something to be sculpted.

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold...

The human species really could have faced global thermonuclear war. During seventy years of Cold...

I love superconductors.

I love superconductors.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

Anything beats an expensive stack of paper.

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 do not believe they've run out of surprises.

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

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

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

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I've got five or six unpublished stories kicking around looking for somebody to buy them.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I don't have a strong interest in history.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.

I do suspect that privacy was a passing fad.