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

I don't like allegory.

Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.

...where's the skill in being a hero if you were always destined to do it?

Anything for gold and experience.

My sustenance is information. My interventions are hidden. I increase as I learn. I compute, so I am.

The dead are way more organized than the living.