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What science fiction does is take what might be possible someday and examine what might happen if it were - the drawbacks and the positive things.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: Does Drawbacks Examine Fiction Happen Might Positive Positive Things Possible Science Science Fiction Someday Take Things Were

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Philadelphia's a good science-fiction town. There are many professional writers here, like Michael Swanwick, Tom Purdom, Gregory Frost, Victoria McManus and others. There are professional artists such as Bob Walters and Tess Kissinger and Susan McAninley.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: Artists Bob Frost Good Here Kissinger Like Many Michael Others Philadelphia Professional Science-Fiction Susan Tom Town Victoria Writers

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Even after all these years, finding a really first-rate story is still a thrill, one I want to share with others.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: After Even Finding First-Rate Others Really Share Still Story Thrill Want Years

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When I first started editing a 'Year's Best' volume in the '70s, the job was pretty straightforward - there were three or four monthly magazines to read and a few original anthologies from trade publishers every year.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: Best Editing Every Few First Four Job Magazines Monthly Original Pretty Publishers Read Started Straightforward Three Trade Volume Were Year

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An experienced slush-pile reader doesn't need more than a few seconds to see if a story has potential. You don't need to eat all of a rotten egg to determine that it's rotten.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: Determine Eat Egg Experienced Few More Need Potential Reader Rotten Seconds See Story Than You

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I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more good science fiction than anyone else alive.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: Alive Also Anyone Anyone Else Bad Else Fiction Good More Read Science Science Fiction Than

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When I was a boy in Salem, Mass., in the 1950s, if you wanted to buy a book, you had to take a train to Boston. And when you got there, to a bookstore, there was no such thing as a science-fiction section.

~Gardner Dozois

Topics: Book Bookstore Boston Boy Buy Got Had Mass Science-Fiction Section Take Thing Train Wanted You 1950S

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Author

Born: July 23rd, 1947

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