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" Writing, I'm convinced, should be a subversive activity - frowned on by the authorities - and not one cooed over and praised beyond common sense by some teacher. "

Dan Simmons

Teacher

Writing

Beyond

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" As for the depiction of the Catholic church, it's not meant to be a prediction. "

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" The truth is, it's not a great career move to create a readership and then, in effect, abandon them. "

" Movie SF is, by definition, dumbed down - there have only been three or four SF movies in the history of film that aspire to the complexity of literary SF. "

" It started 25 years ago, when I was teaching elementary school in a small town in Missouri. "