But... Watching Steven Barnes Taught Me To

And Every Friend I've Got Has Been Writing Mars Stories. It Was Pretty Clear I'd Never Catch Up.

In The World Of Words The Imagination Is One Of The Forces Of Nature.

Boredom Is My Worst Enemy. It's Killed A Lot Of My Friends, But It Won't Get Me. When I Get Bored, I Go Risk My Life Somewhere.

I Don't Have A Strong Interest In History.

There Had Been A Popular Joke On Freedom, Started By A Man Named Calder. Looking Down From Space, He Had Said, The Dominant Life Forms On Earth Were Obviously The Cereals And Other Grasses. They Occupied All The Most Desirable And Fertile Land; And They Had Tamed Insects And Animals To Care For Them. In Particular, They Had Domesticated The Bipeds To Nurture And Cultivate Them And To Save And Plant Their Seed. Now, Watching The Farmers, Alex Could Easily Imagine That They Were Worshiping And Genuflecting Before Their Masters.