One Must Work With Time

The Historic Function Of A Senator From Oregon Is To Drive All The Other Senators Mad.

We Live In Capitalism. Its Power Seems Inescapable. So Did The Divine Right Of Kings.

Sci-fi Uses The Images That Sf - Starting With H.g. Wells - Made Familiar: Space Travel, Aliens, Galactic Wars And Federations, Time Machines, Et Cetera, Taking Them Literally, Not Caring If They Are Possible Or Even Plausible. It Has No Interest In Or Relation To Real Science Or Technology. It's Fantasy In Space Suits. Spectacle. Wizards With Lasers. Kids With Ray Guns. I've Written Both, But I Have To Say I Respect Science Fiction Enough That I Wince When People Call It Sci-fi.

The Desire For Power Feeds Off Itself, Growing As It Devours.

The Reader Can't Take Much For Granted In A Fiction Where The Scenery Can Eat The Characters.