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The 'indistinguishable from magic' thing is highly dependent on where a viewer is looking from and not something intrinsic to any particular sort of tech.

~Ann Leckie

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The Internet really lets people connect that wouldn't have in the past, and lets conversations happen and connections happen.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Connect Connections Conversations Happen In The Past Internet Lets Past People Really

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The '70s was a decade that was crammed with prominent women science fiction writers, and a lot of women made their debut in that decade or really came to prominence.

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'Fountain of youth' is actually kind of ambiguous - does it mean a way to make everyone healthy and let them live indefinitely? Or are we talking about something that would reset you physically to the way you were in your youth, which for various reasons not all of us would be enthused about?

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About Actually Ambiguous Does Everyone Fountain Healthy Indefinitely Kind Live Make Mean Physically Reasons Something Talking Them Us Various Various Reasons Way Were Which Would You Your Youth

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I read way, way more Andre Norton than could possibly have been healthy. It was a short hop from her to the rest of the library's science fictional and fantastic holdings.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Been Could Fantastic Fictional Healthy Her Hop Library More Possibly Read Rest Science Short Than Way

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I don't really have guilty pleasures. I like what I like, and I don't worry too much about whether it's supposed to be cool or sophisticated or show that I have good or bad taste or whatever.

~Ann Leckie

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I do realize the impulse to classify people by the food and art they consume is strong - sometimes I have to remind myself not to do that.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Art Classify Consume Food Impulse Myself People Realize Remind Sometimes Strong

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You write alone, but you write hoping that there will be readers who will connect with what you write, and it's so wonderful and amazing - I can't even tell you - when that actually happens.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: Actually Alone Amazing Connect Even Happens Hoping Readers Tell Who Will Wonderful Write You

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I didn't ever imagine, except in the most idle, obviously wish-fulfillment, ego-gratification fantasies, that anything I wrote would ever win awards, let alone so many.

~Ann Leckie

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After about fourth grade, I do remember borrowing my mother's old portable Olivetti and typing stories out on the back of photocopies of journal articles.

~Ann Leckie

Topics: About After Articles Back Borrowing Fourth Grade Journal Mother Old Out Portable Remember Stories Typing

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: Unknown

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