Science fiction is a dialogue, a tennis match, in which the Idea is volleyed from one side of the net to the other. Ridiculous to say that someone 'stole' an idea: no, no, a thousand times no. The point is the volley, and how it's carried, and what statement is made by the answering 'statement.' In other words if Burroughs initiates a time-gate and says it works randomly, and then Norton has time gates confounded with the Perilous Seat, the Siege Perilous of the Round Table, and locates it in a bar on a rainy night do you see both the humor and the volley in the tennis match?
I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do. - C. J. Cherryh
I most fear stupid people. Stupid people will do anything. Truly smart people will do only what is logical for them to do.
- C. J. Cherryh
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction. - C. J. Cherryh
Average people didn't analyze what they thought: they thought they thought, and half of it was gut reaction.
Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better. - C. J. Cherryh
Culture is how biology responds and makes its living conditions better.
Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passe… - C. J. Cherryh
Honor to the earth," the abbot said, "honor to the dead in the passing of the year; honor to the living, in the coming of the new. A Great Year passe…
Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them. - C. J. Cherryh
Trade isn't about goods. Trade is about information. Goods sit in the warehouse until information moves them.
Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed! - C. J. Cherryh
Ignorance killed the cat; curiosity was framed!
My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story. - C. J. Cherryh
My worlds are complex, and often suggest more than one story.
Never start a war with something you can't talk to. - C. J. Cherryh
Never start a war with something you can't talk to.
There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think a… - C. J. Cherryh
There are three kinds of people I've found: those who think the universe is good, those who believe it's corrupt, and those who don't want to think a…
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