Never tell a computer to forget it.
Bruce Sterling is one terrific writer and he's relatively new, but I don't know how long he's been doing it; he probably doesn't need the publicity anymore!
Everything starts as somebody's daydream.
The Unexpected always comes at the most awkward times.
If one must explain a magic trick, one should do so after the show is over.
I'd visit the near future, close enough that someone might want to talk to Larry Niven and can figure out the language; distant enough to get me decent medical techniques and a ticket to the Moon.