A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.

The right things to do are those that keep our violence in abeyance; the wrong things are those that bring it to the fore.

Virtual reality is just air guitar writ large.

Paul Levinson has outdone himself: The Plot to Save Socrates is a philosophically rich gem full of big ideas and wonderful time-travel tricks.

Not wanting to die was another universal constant, it seemed.

Naturally, one does not normally discuss plans to commit murder with the intended victim.

A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic.