The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum

I want to be the Cecil B. DeMille of science fiction.

Tally smiled. At least she was causing trouble to the end. "I'm Tally Youngblood," she said. "make me pretty.

Royal blood isn't blue, it is a jaundiced shade of red and riddled with broken chromosomes

We have an infinite capacity for self interest, yet the infinite has absolutely no interest in us

Climb above the pack but leave the ladder in place for others to follow