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Charles Stross is a British science fiction writer born on October 18, 1964. His works are known for their profound philosophical thinking and unique science fiction settings, covering a range of topics from artificial intelligence to political intrigue and time travel.

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“Humans are not as unsophisticated as mulch wrigglers, they can see the writing on the wall. Is it any surprise, that among the ones who look outward, the real debate is not over whether to run, but over how far and how fast?”

Writing Humans Looks Real Running Wall Surprise Debate Writing On The Wall

Book:Accelerando

Source: Accelerando

“A dark-skinned human with four arms walks toward me across the floor of the club, clad only in a belt strung with human skulls.”

Humans Dark Walks Four Arms Clubs Belts Skulls Dark Skinned

Book:Glasshouse

Source: Glasshouse

“An important factor to note is that it's rare for anyone to sell a first novel written before they turned 30-35; long-format fiction tends to require a bunch of experience of human life that takes time to acquire. So your average mid-career novelist is in their forties to fifties!”

Firsts Humans Long Important Fiction Careers Novel Written Sells Notes Average Bunch Factors Human Life Novelists Acquire Forty Take Time Format

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“I'd like to be proven wrong firstly on the difficulty of building a self-sustaining closed circuit ecosystem in space that can support human life.”

Humans Self Space Support Building Difficulty Human Life Proven Ecosystems Circuits Sustaining Proven Wrong

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“Fiction is about human beings, first and foremost. (It's not impossible to write fiction with no human protagonists, but it's very hard to keep the reader interested ...)”

Writing Firsts Humans Hard Human Beings Fiction Impossible Reader Protagonists

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“Humans are just barely intelligent tool users; Darwinian evolutionary selection stopped when language and tool use converged, leaving the average hairy meme carrier sadly deficient in smarts.”

Humans Use Language Smart Tools Intelligent Leaving Average Users Selection Carrier Memes

Book:Accelerando

Source: Accelerando

“Humans: such a brilliant model of emotional self-awareness.”

Humans Self Awareness Emotional Models Self Awareness Brilliant

Book:Accelerando

Source: Accelerando

“[Core concepts: Human beings all have souls. Souls are software objects. Software is not immortal.]”

Humans Soul Human Beings Objects Concepts Core Immortal Software

Book:Accelerando

Source: Accelerando

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Born: October 18, 1964
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 152

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