Charles Stross
Charles Stross
Charles David George "Charlie" Strossis an award-winning British writer of science fiction, Lovecraftian horror and fantasy...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionWriter
Date of Birth18 October 1964
bit future openness upbeat
We're a bit more upbeat and there's an openness about there being a future for us,
generating mystical skill
Generating ideas isn't some mystical talent that you have to be born with: it's a skill you can develop.
human people turns virtual
It turns out that the killer application for virtual reality is other human beings. Build a world that people want to inhabit, and the inhabitants will come.
bring broaden condition definition doomed fiction human insight key needs remain science study
I think that if there's one key insight science can bring to fiction, it's that fiction - the study of the human condition - needs to broaden its definition of the human condition. Because the human condition isn't immutable and doomed to remain uniform forever.
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I was walking around for a week or so trying to remember not to talk about it. And, you know, keeping good news to yourself isn't always easy.
country future militarism towards trend
The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There's a trend in U.S. scifi towards militarism and far-future stuff.
If you're going to write for a living, you should find something fun to write.
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I write more for the children of the computer revolution, who are also interested in speculation and exploring the human condition, but approach it from an information perspective.
best effects hatch maybe possibly pubs
Pubs are, disturbingly, where I hatch most of my best idea-sculptures: possibly it's something to do with the disinhibiting effects of alcohol, or maybe it's just having company to yack at.