Conservatism cherishes tradition; innovation fetishizes novelty. They tug in different directions, the one toward the past, the other toward the... →
Jill Lepore
A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster than the book can get... →
Edward M. Lerner
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... →
Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips... →
The challenge - and much of the fun - of writing in an established future history lies in incorporating new knowledge while remaining true to what... →
We've had to set a workshop up; we've had to equip the workshop and everything else. But all that equipment is there now and whatever... →
David Leslie
A free culture has been our past, but it will only be our future if we change the path we are on right now.
Lawrence Lessig
We inadvertently bombed the Chinese Embassy. But Clinton now is working very hard. He has sent a letter of apology to the Chinese. And, he's also... →
David Letterman
After centuries of dormancy, young women... can now look toward a future moulded by their own hands.
Rita Levi-Montalcini
I interned at Miramax and subsequently at Paramount because I was really curious about the future of entertainment - how were we going to get films... →
Aaron Levie