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Anything that can unambiguously represent two values - while resisting, just a wee bit, randomly flipping from the state you want retained into the... →
History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns -... →
I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future that is at least as big and bold as the... →
It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, consciousness, or awareness. They don't. It's hard... →
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips... →
Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a technological breakthrough and explores its... →
Readers and viewers will differ about what's totally standalone, what's totally serially dependent, and what's merely enriched by... →
The biggest fatal flaw in most fictional portrayals of nanotech - what sends those books arcing across the room - is ignoring that the nanobots need... →
The challenge - and much of the fun - of writing in an established future history lies in incorporating new knowledge while remaining true to what... →
The medical nanobots in my novel 'Small Miracles' tap the energy sources that the patient's own body provides. That is, they can... →
Too much detail can bog down any story. Enough with the history of gunpowder, the geology of Hawaii, the processes of whaling, and cactus and... →