A writer of conventional fiction, unless he is extremely inventive, starts with innumerable givens. His plot must wind its way through them like a road through the contours of a mountain pass. But a science fiction writer, if he really uses his medium, need take very little for granted. He is not creating a road but an entire world--mountains, pass and all.
Tom O'Reilly in Critical Encounters, edited by Dick Riley, 1986
Tom O'Reilly in Critical Encounters, edited by Dick Riley, 1986
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