Anything that is theoretically possible will be achieved in practice, no matter what the technical difficulties are, if it is desired greatly enough.

Whether we are based on carbon or on silicon makes no fundamental difference we should each be treated with appropriate respect.

I don't think there are any secrets to writing in the - everybody has their own techniques. You must be widely read, that's one thing, because you have to resolve a tremendous amount of background information. Also, you should know what the competition is writing, just so you're not wasting your time doing the same thing. Unless you do it better, of course.

Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an operational definition: science fiction is something that COULD happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that COULDN'T happen - though often you only wish that it could.

No communication technology has ever disappeared, but instead becomes increasingly less important as the technological horizon widens.

The limits of the possible can only be defined by going beyond them into the impossible.

I don't pretend we have all the answers. But the questions are certainly worth thinking about.