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“When something hasn't been around much for a while, and one example of it turns up and catches people's eyes, they go looking for more like it - until they get tired of it again.”

Quote by Stanley Schmidt

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Stanley Schmidt

Stanley Schmidt, born on March 7, 1944, is a renowned science fiction fictioneer. His works are known for their unique imagination and profound philosophical insights, which have won him a wide audience. more

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“This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations.”

Writing Mean Sometimes Pay Attention Involved Backgrounds Calculations

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“I think the international appeal of SF is quite understandable since the kinds of people who like to read it, are, by the nature of the beast, interested in other cultures, of which other nations on Earth are the closest available example.”

People Thinking Kind Earth Culture Nations Example International Available Appeals Beast Closest Other Cultures

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“Ideally, I'd like every issue to include a diverse group of stories that meet the qualifications sketched above, but covering a wide range of specific matter and flavour.”

Matter Stories Issues Groups Wide Range Diverse Covering Qualifications Flavour

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“What SF can do better than anything else is show us the range of our possible futures, and what we can do to realize the good ones and avoid the nasty ones.”

Shows Can Do Realizing Range Nasty

Author:Stanley Schmidt

“Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard to deny that, for whatever reasons, a lot of SF writers come from Anglo or European backgrounds.”

Thinking Way Hard Reason Would Be Certain Courses Deny Backgrounds Affected

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“As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.”

Two Science Known Century Revolution Majors

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“Through our entire history we have become accustomed to pushing [animals] around in ways dictated by our own wants and needs without much regard for theirs.”

Way Want Needs Animal Regard Pushing Accustomed Wants And Needs

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“Perhaps the biggest problem in journalism is the cult divide between journalists and corporate owners.”

Problem Journalism Corporate Journalist Owners Divides Cult

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“Always point your finger at the chest of the person with whom you are being photographed. You will appear dynamic. And no photo editor can crop you from the picture.”

Persons Fingers Chests Editors Crops

Book:Hard Feelings: Reporting on the Pols, the Press, the People and the City

Source: Hard Feelings: Reporting on the Pols, the Press, the People and the City

“Passion without focus can lead you astray.”

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