Stanley Schmidt Quotes & Sayings (Page 2)

Stanley Schmidt quotes and sayings page 2 (writer). These are the last 6 out of 16 quotes we have.

“Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.”

“Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard to deny that, for whatever reasons, a lot of SF writers come from Anglo or European backgrounds.”

“Some of the biggest changes that have happened are behind the scenes, in the way we produce the magazine. E.g., much of our production has been brought in-house via desktop publishing.”

“There are a significant number of people who appreciate what we do, and most of them gravitate to Analog because this is where they can find it. The other magazines tend to share their audiences, which may result in each of them having a smaller market share.”

“This means I must pay close attention to the writing, but equally so to the scientific background - which sometimes means doing fairly involved calculations.”

“What SF can do better than anything else is show us the range of our possible futures, and what we can do to realize the good ones and avoid the nasty ones.”

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