The real world is devoid of narratives, after all. Narratives are just a thing that our brains do with facts in order to draw a line around the incomprehensible largeness of reality and wrestle it into something learnable and manipulable. Existence is devoid of plot, theme, and most of all moral.
Charles StrossI like lassic British spy thrillers. Seriously. If the cold war was still on, that's something I'd be writing.
Charles StrossAny civilization where the main symbol of religious veneration is a tool of execution is a bad place to have children.
Charles StrossI have not watched the TV show. I do not generally watch TV sci-fi drama shows. They make me itch.
Charles StrossWe're currently living with a generation of established novelists who are embarrassingly out of date with respect to social networking, internet skills, and so on.
Charles StrossToday, we see some "file sharing" sites that rely on fans uploading cracked copies of ebooks, and which then make money off those books by charging for downloads (via cash subscriptions or advertising). Again: I take a dim view of this. They're making money off the back of my work without paying me.
Charles Stross