Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a voyage that is both fiercely credible and astonishingly imaginative. This is Science Fiction.
David BrinSelf-awareness is probably overrated. A complex, self-regulating system doesn't need it in order to be successful, or even smart.
David BrinThe three basic material rights -- continuity, mutual obligation, and the pursuit of happiness.
David BrinThe fundamental premise of sci-fi is not spaceships and lasers - it's that children can learn from the mistakes of their parents.
David BrinFor all its beauty, honesty, and effectiveness at improving the human condition, science demands a terrible price - that we accept what experiments tell us about the universe, whether we like it or not. It's about consensus and teamwork and respectful critical argument, working with, and through, natural law. It requires that we utter, frequently, those hateful words - 'I might be wrong.'
David Brin