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

Socialism and SF are the two most fundamental influences in my life.

I think science fiction is very bad at prediction.

A sense of wrongness, of fraught unease, as if long nails scraped the surface of the moon, raising the hackles of the soul.

Any moment called NOW is always full of possibles.

When I'm writing a book, generally I start with the mood and setting, along with a couple of specific images—things that have come into my head, totally abstracted from any narrative, that I've fixated on. After that, I construct a world, or an area, into which that general setting, that atmosphere, and the specific images I've focused on can fit.

The best way to write a novel is to do it behind your own back.