At some point, you realize you can't provide a perfectly monolithic description of a foreign culture's future any more than you can provide a monolithic description of your own hometown's future. Your choices about what to emphasize and what to leave out make all the difference, and ultimately, your fingerprints and biases and viewpoints are going to be all over the story.
Paolo BacigalupiThe main reason I want someone to read a story of mine is so they can enjoy it and feel like they got something interesting out of it.
Paolo BacigalupiMost of the news about the state of the environment is pretty ugly. This is frightening for me personally, but actually motivational for me artistically.
Paolo BacigalupiTheyโd blame a castoff just for breathing. You could be good as gold and theyโd still blame you.
Paolo Bacigalupi