“I can't help but notice that everytime I fly somewhere, other people's planes fall out of the sky.” Quote by James Nicoll
“I have hated every Kress I read, especially this one, but the Bear is a standard Bear and if you like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing you'll like.” IfsBearsStandardsHated Author:James Nicoll
“I think once you start eating people you should stop claiming to be a vegetarian, even if you only eat bad people.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldEatingVegetarianBad People Author:James Nicoll
“My grandfather for example only died twice, once during the war and once in the 1980s.” WarExampleDiedGrandfatherMy Grandfather Author:James Nicoll
“About First Landing by Robert Zubrin: Someday I'd like to read a story about competent people on Mars.” PeopleFirstsStoriesSomedayMarsCompetentLanding Author:James Nicoll
“About Antrax by Terry Brooks: I wonder if he's planning a book called SRS? Or F'lu?” IfsBookWonderPlanningBrooks Author:James Nicoll
“Manitoba... Not sure what to do about them. Restock the province with megafauna and encourage tourism, I think. How quickly can we breed back the saber-toothed cats?” ThinkingCatNot SureTourismProvinces Author:James Nicoll
“If you improve education by teaching for competence, eliminating schooling, and connecting with students, the test scores will improve.” IfsTeachingStudentsTestsScoreConnectingCompetenceSchoolingEliminatingTest Scores Author:William Glasser
“Ben Bova seems to work very hard at working in new discoveries into his Glum Future but alas, his future is glum and not that well written.” WellsHardSeemsWrittenDiscoveryAlasWell WrittenNew Discoveries Author:James Nicoll
“I don't mind hidden depths but I insist that there be a surface.” MindDepthSurface Author:James Nicoll
“Until recently baby production was largely dependent on slave labour; as soon as women are allowed to answer the question "Would you like to squeeze as many objects the size of a watermelon out of your body as it takes to kill you?" they generally answer "No, thank you." This leads to falling birthrates everywhere women are not kept enslaved and ignorant of the alternatives.” BodyFallAnswersObjectsBabySlaveSizeProductionsYour BodyIgnorantAlternativesDependentLabourSlave Labour Author:James Nicoll