As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

As many authors have said, if the writer is not surprised by events, then chances are that the reader will not be either, and grow bored.

Its a heartening fact about the human race that utopian fiction precedes dystopian fiction in the evolution of literature.

The emotional tone or affect of the tale should be hot and engaged, not remote and dispassionate.

Immensely clever and libidinously hilarious.The most astonishing thing about Love in a Dead Language is its ingenious construction. Insofar as any printed volume can lay claim to being a multimedia work, this book earns that distinction.

Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.

That was asking a lot of my readers, I realized, but I was trying to write the novel I would most enjoy decoding.