Science fiction is no more written for scientists than ghost stories are written for ghosts.

Why had I become a writer in the first place? Because I wasn't fit for society; I didn't fit into the system.

Feedback is a pleasant thing. I get a lot of letters from unexpected people in unexpected places.

When knowledge becomes formulated into a science, then it does take on a life of it's own, often alien to the human spirit that conceived it.

We belong to an age where apocalypse is our daily bread, coffee's black, and we know we're part of the abyss. Red Spider White Web is right on target in conveying that understanding. It splinters in the mind... the underworld of the century's imaginings.

Writers must fortify themselves with pride and egotism as best they can. The process is analogous to using sandbags and loose timbers to protect a house against flood. Writers are vulnerable creatures like anyone else. For what do they have in reality? Not sandbags, not timbers. Just a flimsy reputation and a name.

Science fiction is for real, space opera is for fun.