July 25, 2012 Quote – Not learning about aliens, learning about self “I have learned something here. Not about aliens. About myself.” – Terence M. Green – The Woman Who Is The Midnight Wind (In Tesseracts) Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 24, 2012 Quote – Technology interfering with Nature. “Technology must never interfere with our Communion with the Mother, lest we forget the Covenant, grow too greedy, and destroy our new home.” -Celu Amberstone – Refugees (In So Long Been Dreaming. Arsenal Pulp Press. Vancouver, 2004) Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 21, 2012 Quote – Questions Best Left To Science Fiction Writers “It was one of those questions best left to philosophers and science fiction writers.” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 20, 2012 Quote – Decisions Create Worlds “Every time we make a decision, we make another world. We do one thing, and we’re in the world that decision called up, but at the same time, we didn’t do it, so we’re in that other world, too. It goes on forever, all these worlds..” -Charles de Lint – Many Worlds are Born Tonight. In The Very Best of... Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 19, 2012 Quote – Everything Connected “But don’t you see? It doesn’t matter if it was a coincidence or not…. It’s more of that ‘small world, spooky world’… Everything’s connected. It doesn’t matter if we can’t see how, it’s still all connected. You know, chaos theory and all that.” -Charles de Lint – Crow Girls In The Very Best of Charles de Lint. Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 16, 2012 Quote – Outlandish Becomes Routine “A thing, or event is a source of wonder for a brief time, then it begins to seem routine no matter how outlandish it is.” -Allan Weiss – Heaven and Earth (in Tesseracts Nine. Edge, Calgary, 2005) Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 15, 2012 Quote – finding out what makes it Canadian “Canadian science fiction spends a lot of time trying to decide what makes it Canadian.” -Nalo Hopkinson – Final Thoughts (in Tesseracts Nine. Edge, Calgary, 2005) Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 13, 2012 Quote – The ultimate horror… “Then came the ultimate horror. The monstrosity made a noise like a sabre-toothed tiger coughing up a hairball… and began to sing.” -Edward Willett – A Little Space Music (in On Spec Spring 2012). Categories Quotes Comments: 0
July 11, 2012 Quote- listen to the world around you “Now I want you to listen… to the world around you. And I want you to smell it too. And feel it on your skin and hair. And if you can, taste it on the wind.” -Drew Hayden Taylor – The Night Wanderer (Annick Press, 2007) Categories Quotes Comments: 0