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Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

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Probably I chose immortality because mortality is a universal human obsession.

But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how...

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But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how...

Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

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Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established.

Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the...

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Humans may be the only creatures on Earth who spend significant time thinking about the...

I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as...

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I wanted to show those characters discovering it is possible to find common ground, as...

I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and...

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I was thinking about what I wanted to write next, after my first novel, and...

Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

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Moon is also a naive native girl when she sets out for Carbuncle.

Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

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Myth is, after all, the neverending story.

Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never...

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Perhaps the thing that makes humans truly unique on Earth is that we are never...

And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium,...

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And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium,...

As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose...

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As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose...

Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random...

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Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random...

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or...

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Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or...

Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so...

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Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so...

Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

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Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future.

Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

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Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear.

For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

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For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever.

Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped...

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Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped...