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The best time to act on this was decades ago. The second best time is now.

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David Brin
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 6
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Novelist
Physicist
Science Fiction Writer
Scientist
Screenwriter
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Glendale
California
USA
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The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
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Anyone who wants simple, pat stories should buy another author's product. The real universe ain't that way, and neither are my fictive ones.
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When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance
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It's how creativity works. Especially in humans. For every good idea, ten thousand idiotic ones must first be posed, sifted, tried out, and discarded. A mind that's afraid to toy with the ridiculous will never come up with the brilliantly original.
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My education and background thoroughly inform my writing
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Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'
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When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
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The village is coming back, like it or not.
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My first duty to write a gripping yarn. Second is to convey credible characters who make you feel what they feel. Only third comes the idea.
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I hate the whole übermensch, superman temptation that pervades science fiction. I believe no protagonist should be so competent, so awe-inspiring, that a committee of 20 really hard-working, intelligent people couldn't do the same thing.
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Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature
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Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
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Life is not fair... Anyone who says it is, or even that it ought to be, is a fool or worse.
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I like to be surprised. Fresh implications and plot twists erupt as a story unfolds. Characters develop backgrounds, adding depth and feeling. Writing feels like exploring
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Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction.
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But honestly, if you do a rigorous survey of my work, I'll bet you'll find that biology is a theme far more often than physical science.
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Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.
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Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
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I find humans tremendously interesting
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I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.
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