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With gritty action and realistic science, Peter Watts brings to life a dark and vivid world.

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David Brin
Age: 74
Born: 1950
Born: October 6
Astronomer
Astrophysicist
Novelist
Physicist
Science Fiction Writer
Scientist
Screenwriter
Writer
Glendale
California
USA
Glen David Brin
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Realistic
Brings
Dark
Science
Action
Watts
Life
Gritty
World
Vivid

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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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I would normally never set out to write a trilogy.
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I regret having been the bearer of ambiguous tidings.
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You don't have conversations with microprocessors. You tell them what to do, then helplessly watch the disaster when they take you literally!
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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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Only people with full stomachs become environmentalists.
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If you believe you can make a living as a writer, you already have enough ego.
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The village is coming back, like it or not.
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The worst mistake of first contact, made throughout history by individuals on both sides of every new encounter, has been the unfortunate habit of making assumptions. It often proved fatal.
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Everything isn't subjective. Reality also matters. Truth matters. It is still a word with meaning.
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Reciprocal accountability, or criticism [is] the only known antidote to error.
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What point was there in pursuing an ever-elusive popularity?
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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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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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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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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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Prison for the crime of puberty -- that was how secondary school had seemed.
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The sane are usually attracted by other things than power.
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Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.
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Cultural contamination that is directed outward is always seen as ‘enlightenment.'
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