If your social consciousness seems stuck in 1975, 2014 is gonna be a rough ride.

If you want me to treat your ideas with more respect, get some better ideas.

You do what you have to do to give people closure; it makes them feel better and it doesn't cost you much to do it. I'd rather apologize for something I didn't really care about and leave someone on Earth wishing me well.

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you.

Reddit is not a public utility or a public square; its a privately owned space on the Internet.

In other words, crew deaths are a feature, not a bug," Cassaway said, dryly.

The story of how I left Huckleberry begins -- as do all worthy stories -- with a goat