I’ve always been attracted to Pertwee’s portrayal of the Doctor as dashing man-of-science, charming, sceptical, and rational. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
Above all else, ‘Doctor Who’ still seems to me to offer near-infinite scope for the writer. It must be the least constraining of televisual properties. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
As a science fiction writer, it’s hard to think of a more stirring theme than the origin and ultimate destiny of life in the universe. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I couldn’t think of anything more pointless than reading a piece of fiction written by a robot. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I don’t think the computer will win the Booker, but no-one ever expected a computer to beat a chess grandmaster. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
The idea of a computer winning the Nobel Prize for physics is not too unlikely, citing a computer as joint recipient. It’s obviously not a huge leap to think of something similar happening in fiction. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
I didn’t have a huge amount of security when I was a scientist from one contract to another. You’re always thinking, ‘Am I going to have a job this time next year?’ Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
When I’m working on one book, part of my imagination is thinking ahead to the next one. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
Science fiction writers aren’t short of ideas. You can read a book, and it sets off a chain of thought processes, so it becomes a response to other people’s books. Alastair Reynolds Read Quote
