But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

Its hard to die. Harder to live

Evolution brings human beings. Human beings, through a long and painful process, bring humanity.

If everyone could understand the working of a psychopath's mind, we undoubtedly would be closer to insanity ourselves.

What, after all, is more real to us than the geography of our childhoods?

The problem with being passionately in love ... is that it deprives you of too much sleep.

Words were like objects, making the idea more solid -- less a poisonous gas and more a ... cube of crystallized thought.