Greg Bear Quotes

• When all hopes are lost, only then does reality acquire that sharp focus that defines who we are and what we have become.

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• For years, even before 9/11, I’ve been trying to warn that the threat from amateur biolabs will ultimately turn out to be far more troublesome than leakage from military labs – perhaps even more costly and deadly than nuclear terrorism.

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• Of all the planets apart from Earth in our solar system, Mars is the most hospitable. Yeah. Right. Better keep my visit short. And yet, despite the discomfort, the danger, I love it here. I love coming back for these imaginary vacations. The sights are amazing.

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• Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate.

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• We’re told another large-scale terrorist attack is inevitable by those people who have committed so many resources to preventing it. They likely know what they’re talking about.

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• It’s kind of a misnomer about science fiction that science fiction is about anything other than people. It’s about people doing stuff, sometimes doing extraordinary stuff.

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• Ray Bradbury is, for many reasons, the most influential writer in my life. Throughout our long friendship, Ray supplied not only his terrific stories but a grand model of what a writer could be, should be, and yet rarely is: brilliant and charming and accessible, willing to tolerate and to teach, happy to inspire but also to be inspired.

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• Why do we capital-N Nerds love Mars so much? Because it’s beautiful, it’s tough, it’s buried in our mythic, childhood memories. It’s covered with human triumphs but also with sad stories of failure.

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• Working in Isaac’s universe was more of a treat than a challenge.

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• It’s been a great place to get in touch with what people are really thinking. And to make contact with readers and other writers. Egalitarian, wide open, like the Wild West!

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Birth:	20th August, 1951
Nationality:	American
Profession:	Novelist, Writer

About

Gregory Dale "Greg" Bear was born in San Diego, California, USA. He is an American science fiction novelist and writer. His most recent work is the Forerunner Trilogy, written in the Halo universe. He received a BA degree from San Diego State University in 1973. He has written several novels include: Hegira, Psychlone, Beyond Heaven's River, The Infinity Concerto, Corona, Eon, Blood Music, The Forge of God, Eternity, Queen of Angels, Anvil of Stars, Moving Mars, Legacy, Foundation and Chaos, Dinosaur Summer, Darwin's Radio, Vitals,  Darwin's Children, Dead Lines, Quantico, Mariposa, and Hull Zero Three. He has written several short stories include: The Wind from a Burning Woman and Tangents.

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