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" While many alternate reality stories ask, 'What might have been?' parallel universe stories literalize the war between good and evil that plays inside each of us every day. It's what makes this type of story so perfect for many fantasy tales: we're all just a coin flip away from being entirely different people. "

Kameron Hurley

Good And Evil

War

People

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Kameron Hurley

Write

Because

" Creating a future requires a profound and yes, unrealistic, vision of what is possible. But it is fantasy and wonder that drive technology and innovation. "

" I want to be constantly in awe of the possibilities of the universe. "

" What history taught me is that societies are not static and that the straight line of progressive ideals - this thinking we have that a society will just magically become more egalitarian over time - is patently false. "

Kameron Hurley

Society

Thinking

" Science fiction writers create all sorts of futures - that comes with the job. But it's not the type that matters - hopeful or dark - it's the variety we see as readers. It's nurturing the imaginations of those who will go on to create the world around us. "

" I don't like to write about things that bore me, and that means I steer far clear of writing books that are just like what's on the shelves. "

Kameron Hurley

Books

Writing

" Folks will always, always, always go back to the comfortable status quo, with its silent voices and lack of conflict, if you give them the chance. "

Kameron Hurley

Conflict

You

" I can't change the preconceived notions a reader brings to a work, but I can do my best to be aware of, address, and subvert tropes and expectations that readers may have as best I can and hope I don't screw it up too much. "

" My parents both worked full-time flipping burgers at the local fast-food joint, and my grandmother looked after us. English was her second language, so instead of books, I learned spoken French nursery rhymes and curse words. "

" I know a lot of writers who tell me they 'always' knew how to read. They can't remember a time before reading. And those writers make me want to tear my hair out. "

Kameron Hurley

Hair

Know

" When I was a kid, I watched a lot of 'Twilight Zone.' My mother was obsessed with the show, as it was a staple of her childhood - and thus she made it one of ours, too. "

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" 'The Stars are Legion' is part space opera, part thriller, about two warring families battling it out for control over a legion of organic starships. "

" I write for free online out of love, passion, and often, rage. "

" Writers of all things speculative have played in alternate and parallel worlds for a long time - everyone from Stephen King to Philip Pullman to Tanith Lee - and it's an obsession that likely isn't going away any time soon. "

" Pen names have always fascinated me, in part because I understand the professional and economic and even societal reasons to do so. "

Kameron Hurley

Understand

Professional

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Kameron Hurley

You

Know

" Watching the progression and backlash against feminism even since 1970 will give you a serious case of whiplash. "