Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not truly science fiction. Furthermore, so little emerging thought and technology is employed by sf writers today that the genre is lagging far behind reality both in the cosmology area and the technology area: sf is no longer a place to experiment, but is now very derivative.

It is upon each soul to recognize its limit.

You must become like yourself.

Men are fools who forget what really matters while time goes by.

When the balance is restored, people get hurt.

But we're dying here.

I can start the rain. Bring thunder. Bring lightning. Want to see?