I'm an only child so am happy with my own company and I don't really get lonely.
From Iain Banks
A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens.
Even in my side of the world, I've been in publishing for what, 25 or 26 years, and it's gone from being a gentlemen's club to being a few big players, and it's very corporatised.
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're frightened of is to make fun of it. That's why science fiction fans are dismissed as geeks and nerds.
Science fiction is trying to find alternative ways of looking at realities.
'Dead Air' is full of rants; it's a rant-based book. Yes, it's self-indulgence. I plead guilty; mea culpa.
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