I like the idea of trying to write a book in every genre.

You can't see the future, there's no such thing. It's all bets. You'll never get the same answer from two seers. But that doesn't mean either of them's wrong.

A scholar can never let mere wrongness get in the way of the theory.

The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape.

A trap is only a trap if you don't know about it. If you know about it, it's a challenge.

Someone came in all Starfleet badges today. Not on my shift, sadly.' 'Fascist,' Leon had said. 'Why are you so prejudiced against nerds?' 'Please,' Billy said. 'That would be a bit self-hating, wouldn't it?' 'Yeah, but you pass. You're like, you're in deep cover,' Leon said. 'You can sneak out of the nerd ghetto and hide the badge and bring back food and clothes and word of the outside world.

Is it more childish and foolish to insist that there is a conspiracy or that there is not?