What SF author or fan isn’t interested in human space travel? I’ve yet to meet one. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect – but maybe the universe doesn’t insist on cause and effect. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, the future catches up faster than the book can get out the door. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
The distinguishing characteristic of the techno-thriller is technical detail. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns – gasp – describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
Happily, researchphilia is not the problem it once was. The Internet makes just-in-time research very practical. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
Authors like reading. Go figure. So it’s not surprising that we sometimes bog down in the research stage of new writing projects. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
Some books are serials, not to be mistaken for anything else. ‘The Two Towers,’ for example, ought never to be read in isolation. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
The challenge – and much of the fun – of writing in an established future history lies in incorporating new knowledge while remaining true to what has gone before. Expanding and enriching, not contradicting. Edward M. Lerner Read Quote
