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I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.

~Fred Saberhagen

Topics: Because Better Could Fiction Getting Loved People Published Read Some Speculative Than Thought Were Who Wrote

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There's a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons.

~Fred Saberhagen

Topics: Big Cons Fantasy Fiction Meet Overlap People Science Science Fiction You

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I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of these people are doing. So I finally made a serious effort.

~Fred Saberhagen

Topics: Could Day Decided Doing Effort Fiction Finally Least Made Magazines One Day People Reading Science Science Fiction Serious Some Time Well

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The advice would be the same for any kind of fiction. Keep writing, and keep sending things out, not to friends and relatives, but to people who have the power to buy. A lot of additional, useful tips could be added, but this is fundamental.

~Fred Saberhagen

Topics: Added Additional Advice Any Buy Could Fiction Friends Fundamental Keep Kind Lot Out People Power Relatives Same Sending Things Tips Useful Who Would Writing

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People in Michigan are good at separating fact from fiction. They know, better than most of the country, what happens to the economy and jobs when the scales are tipped too far in favor of one group over another.

~Fred Upton

Topics: Another Better Country Economy Fact Far Favor Fiction Good Group Happens Jobs Know Michigan Most Over People Scales Separating Than Too

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Government is the great fiction, through which everybody endeavors to live at the expense of everybody else.

~Frederic Bastiat

Topics: Else Endeavors Everybody Everybody Else Expense Fiction Government Great Live Through Which

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If you don't care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn't try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want.

~Frederik Pohl

Topics: About Care Enough Fiction Hard Interested Like Much Own Ray Ray Bradbury Science Science Fiction Try Want Write You

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People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research.

~Frederik Pohl

Topics: Answer Any Ask Fiction How Me Never People Research Science Science Fiction

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It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations.

~Frederik Pohl

Topics: Clear Fiction Science Science Fiction

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Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren't all that great).

~Frederik Pohl

Topics: Because Believe Cambridge Couple Fiction First Grades Great He His Most Reading Said Science Science Fiction Spent Were Years I Believe I Believe That

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