It is a common trait of primates to become submissive and even worshipful toward one who has the power to kill them.

I realized that everything important in sci-fi showed up in the magazines first. It's the proving ground for new writers and new ideas.

Ulysses, obviously. It was an elaborate prank, and our supposed intellectual elite continue to fall for it.

O my son Absalom,' Bean said softly, knowing for the first time the kind of anguish that could tear such words from a man’s mouth. 'my son, my son Absalom. Would God I could die for thee, O Absalom, my son. My sons!

nobody ever wrote to me saying"you know ender's game was a pretty good book, but you know what it really needs a n introduction!".....so be assured the novel stands on its own, and if you skip this intro and go straight to the story, i not only won't stand in your way i'll even agree with you!

He would always speak the language of the heart with an awkward foreign accent.

What am I now, Alai?" "Still good." "At what?" "At--anything. There's a million soldiers who'd follow you to the end of the universe." "I don't want to go to the end of the universe." "So where do you want to go? They'll follow you." I want to go home, thought Ender, but I don't know where it is.