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Charles Stross Quotes

I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries Picture Quote #1

Personal pride is probably a bad guide to merit Picture Quote #1

I don’t do flash fiction Picture Quote #1

I have a low taste for urban fantasy and paranormal romance Picture Quote #1

I suspect political fiction is at its best precisely when it doesn’t preach, but restricts itself to showing the reader a different way of life or thought, and merely makes it clear that this is an end-point or outcome for some kind of political creed Picture Quote #1

I don’t want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better Picture Quote #1

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Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn’t write it in the first place Picture Quote #1

Generating ideas isn’t some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it’s a skill you can develop Picture Quote #1

Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space colonisation or exploration completely, but we are profoundly ill adapted for going boldly into outer space Picture Quote #1

I’d like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life Picture Quote #1

If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output from year to year Picture Quote #1

The business of fiction is the study of the human condition, and gender is something that many humans are obsessed with, thus making it rather difficult to ignore when studying the human condition! Picture Quote #1

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I write more for the children of the computer revolution, who are also interested in speculation and exploring the human condition, but approach it from an information perspective Picture Quote #1

What I’m hoping for is something that goes much, much further than the conservative enablers of dog-eat-dog capitalism putting on a puppet show of cleaning house. But that’s probably not going to happen just yet Picture Quote #1

I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background, on the protagonist’s response to a situation being inappropriate, and so on Picture Quote #1

I don’t think most of my opinions, political or social, are so far outside of the mainstream that they’d cause massive outrage on a scale liable to provoke death threats or referrals to prosecutors for outraging public decency, so why worry? Picture Quote #1

I’d like to be proven wrong on the difficulty of handling the medical side-effects of long term exposure to deep space (both microgravity induced illnesses and radiation damage) Picture Quote #1

I think that if there’s one key insight science can bring to fiction, it’s that fiction - the study of the human condition - needs to broaden its definition of the human condition. Because the human condition isn’t immutable and doomed to remain uniform forever Picture Quote #1

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The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is doormat Picture Quote #1

For a sampler, you could try my short story collection Wireless. Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles Picture Quote #1

I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s Picture Quote #1

I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses Picture Quote #1

Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That’s attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect Picture Quote #1

I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I’ll burn it Picture Quote #1

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I’m not planning a kickstarter game. And I’m not really a game designer Picture Quote #1

History is another country and might be full of fascinating incidents and places to go visit - but as a destination for emigration, it has some problems! Picture Quote #1

Unfortunately it’s also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it’s invisible and you don’t notice its presence until it’s gone, and then you’re sorry Picture Quote #1

My gut feeling is that SF as we know it today is actually a heavily propagandized field that grew out of a specific set of cultural trends running in the USA and Europe between 1918 and 1950, during the post-imperial modernization period Picture Quote #1

Had enough of my poetry yet? That’s why they pay me to fight demons instead Picture Quote #1

One of my earliest recollections is being woken up at some ungodly hour in the morning by my parents and sat in front of the fairly new black and white television, watching a grainy image of a man in a white suit climbing down a ladder. It was the first moon landing, and I became a sort of spaceman, as many kids were Picture Quote #1

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I grew up on second hand bookshops and libraries (Charles Stross Quotes) Personal pride is probably a bad guide to merit (Charles Stross Quotes) I don’t do flash fiction (Charles Stross Quotes) I have a low taste for urban fantasy and paranormal romance (Charles Stross Quotes) I suspect political fiction is at its best precisely when it doesn’t preach, but restricts itself to showing the reader a different way of life or thought, and merely makes it clear that this is an end-point or outcome for some kind of political creed. (Charles Stross Quotes) I don’t want to permanently damage myself! On the other hand, a couple of days off the keyboard tends to make things somewhat better. (Charles Stross Quotes) Publishing is the final step in making a book; if I was afraid to publish one, I wouldn’t write it in the first place. (Charles Stross Quotes) Generating ideas isn’t some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it’s a skill you can develop. (Charles Stross Quotes) Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space colonisation or exploration completely, but we are profoundly ill adapted for going boldly into outer space. (Charles Stross Quotes) I’d like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life. (Charles Stross Quotes) If I write too much of anything for too long, I burn out on it. So it helps to vary my output from year to year. (Charles Stross Quotes) The business of fiction is the study of the human condition, and gender is something that many humans are obsessed with, thus making it rather difficult to ignore when studying the human condition! (Charles Stross Quotes) I write more for the children of the computer revolution, who are also interested in speculation and exploring the human condition, but approach it from an information perspective. (Charles Stross Quotes) What I’m hoping for is something that goes much, much further than the conservative enablers of dog-eat-dog capitalism putting on a puppet show of cleaning house. But that’s probably not going to happen just yet ... (Charles Stross Quotes) I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background, on the protagonist’s response to a situation being inappropriate, and so on. (Charles Stross Quotes) I don’t think most of my opinions, political or social, are so far outside of the mainstream that they’d cause massive outrage on a scale liable to provoke death threats or referrals to prosecutors for outraging public decency, so why worry? (Charles Stross Quotes) I’d like to be proven wrong on the difficulty of handling the medical side-effects of long term exposure to deep space (both microgravity induced illnesses and radiation damage). (Charles Stross Quotes) I think that if there’s one key insight science can bring to fiction, it’s that fiction - the study of the human condition - needs to broaden its definition of the human condition. Because the human condition isn’t immutable and doomed to remain uniform forever. (Charles Stross Quotes) The trouble is, if you go too far towards being polite, the label that applies is doormat (Charles Stross Quotes) For a sampler, you could try my short story collection Wireless. Which contains one novella that scooped a Locus award, and one that won a Hugo, and covers a range of different styles. (Charles Stross Quotes) I was an early adopter: have been on the internet continuously since late 1989, barring a six-month loss of access in the early 90s. (Charles Stross Quotes) I have time to write 1-2 novels per year, and get roughly novel-sized ideas every month. I have to perform triage on my own writing impulses. (Charles Stross Quotes) Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That’s attractive because it could be used to explain everything, and if only we lived by its tenets, everything would be perfect. (Charles Stross Quotes) I began my first novel when I was 15. It went through three drafts, of around 40,000 words each. If I find it, I’ll burn it. (Charles Stross Quotes) I’m not planning a kickstarter game. And I’m not really a game designer. (Charles Stross Quotes) History is another country and might be full of fascinating incidents and places to go visit - but as a destination for emigration, it has some problems! (Charles Stross Quotes) Unfortunately it’s also true to say that good management is a bit like oxygen - it’s invisible and you don’t notice its presence until it’s gone, and then you’re sorry. (Charles Stross Quotes) My gut feeling is that SF as we know it today is actually a heavily propagandized field that grew out of a specific set of cultural trends running in the USA and Europe between 1918 and 1950, during the post-imperial modernization period. (Charles Stross Quotes) Had enough of my poetry yet? That’s why they pay me to fight demons instead. (Charles Stross Quotes) One of my earliest recollections is being woken up at some ungodly hour in the morning by my parents and sat in front of the fairly new black and white television, watching a grainy image of a man in a white suit climbing down a ladder. It was the first moon landing, and I became a sort of spaceman, as many kids were. (Charles Stross Quotes)

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