intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking.

Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.

Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.

It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.

Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.