No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was natural, really, that I would take that interest.

I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.

Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.

Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.

And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. You'll note there's no science in it. It's a kind of grim fantasy.

I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no walls to hem you in and there was no human condition that you were stopped from examining.