All David Brin Quotes
When I begin a book, I inevitably discover many things along the way, about the characters, their past histories and the political intrigues that surround them. This discovery process is vital, and I would not prejudice it by deciding too much in advance.
David Brin
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Self-righteous people can talk themselves into forgetting they are part of a civilization. They can then feed on that culture, bringing it down. It's happened many times in the past. It could happen to us.
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Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.
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But it is a delightful challenge to try to depict interesting aliens.
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Above all, TRIBES is fun, and even kind of sexy... in that every round features an Opportunity for Reproduction, which is the main aim of the game, as it is in most of Nature.
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Why must conversions always come so late? Why do people always apologize to corpses?
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When it comes to privacy and accountability, people always demand the former for themselves and the latter for everyone else.
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