The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.

Archaeology is the anthropology of the past, and science fiction is the anthropology of the future.

Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction.

The mers were also designed to reproduce only at long intervals, in order to maintain the natural balance of the environment in which they were placed.

In the land of the blind, the one-eyed man is stoned to death.

Indifference is the strongest force in the universe. It makes everything it touches meaningless. Love and hate don't stand a chance against it.

Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning.