“The computer has evolved into a partner, a tool, and an environment--not just in science fiction, but in the public consciousness as well. Computers are no longer malevolent iron brains that manufacture tyrannical and oppressive answers; they are not a way to think, they are a place from which to think. The computer is an environment in which answers can be sought, created, manipulated and developed.” ThinkingWayWellsAnswersBrainConsciousnessFictionEnvironmentComputerToolsScience FictionPartnersIron Author:David Gerrold
“Blindsight is excellent. It's state-of-the-art science fiction: smart, dark and it grabs you by the throat from page one. Like a C J Cherryh book it makes you feel the danger of the hostile environment (or lack of one) out there. And it plays with some fascinating possibilities in human development, and some disconcerting ideas about human consciousness. What else can I say? Thanks for giving me the privilege of reading this.” GivingFeelsHumansArtBookIdeasStatesPlayReadingDarkConsciousnessFictionEnvironmentDangerPossibilityDevelopmentPagesSmartScience FictionPrivilegeThanksExcellentFascinatingThroatHostileHuman DevelopmentHuman ConsciousnessHostile Environment Author:Neal Asher
“Memoirists, unlike fiction writers, do not really want to 'tell a story.' They want to tell it all - the all of personal experience, of consciousness itself. That includes a story, but also the whole expanding universe of sensation and thought ... Memoirists wish to tell their mind. Not their story.” WantMindWholeStoriesUniverseWishConsciousnessFictionSensationsExpandingPersonal ExperiencesFiction WritersExpanding Universe Author:Patricia Hampl
“Fiction has subversive potential. People let it into their minds, like the Trojan Horse. They don't know what's inside. You hook them with the story, and God can work below the level of their consciousness. Fiction can be propaganda for evil or convey a theme that impacts people for good.” PeopleKnowsMindStoriesEvilLevelsConsciousnessFictionHorseImpactPropagandaThemeHookSubversiveTrojansTrojan Horse Author:Randy Alcorn
“What fiction and art can do, particularly narrative art, is construct consciousness - in a sense, we have to do it for the first time, every time.” FirstsArtCan DoConsciousnessFictionArt IsFirst TimeNarrativeConstructsNarrative Art Author:Aleksandar Hemon