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Robert J. Sawyer

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Once we no longer have the intellectual upper hand, then we quite literally, by definition, cannot outwit our successors. So unless we are absolutely sure that the machines we are building right now are not going to eventually become our new robot overlords, prudence is called for.

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I was paid more for the serialization rights for each book than I got as an advance for my first novel. In other words, there is an economic value in serialization in and of itself.

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Science fiction is about extrapolation, looking back through history, spotting a trend, and predicting where it will go.

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May 26, 2024

Science fiction is about extrapolation, looking back through history, spotting a trend, and predicting where it will go.

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May 26, 2024

I was paid more for the serialization rights for each book than I got as an advance for my first novel. In other words, there is an economic value in serialization in and of itself.

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