American - Writer | July 7, 1968 -
When you think about the complexity of our natural world - plants using quantum mechanics for photosynthesis, for example - a smartphone begins to look like a pretty dumb object.
Jeff Vandermeer
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My dad is an entomologist and research chemist. That's why he was in Fiji, studying the rhinoceros beetle invasive species.
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My best time to write is right after coffee and breakfast - four eggs - because, full disclosure, I'm really a komodo dragon - and that's because then I'm energized but not so awake that the critical voice clicks on, the voice that sometimes says, 'Don't write that,' or, 'Man, that sentence is terrible - you should give up and go pet the cats.'
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In a sense, fictional dystopias have been a way of distracting us from the truth of our condition by placing it 'over there.'
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Every day, I get up, and I fill the bird feeders and put out fruit and other food for both the birds and any passing mammals. Is that pointless long-term? I have no idea. All I know is that on this day, in this moment, it makes a difference.
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I always try to be alert to the potential for repetition, for a decaying orbit with regard to my use of technique, etc.
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I do believe very much in the idea of unexpected or 'convulsive' beauty - beauty in the service of liberty.
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I have always tended toward a lush prose style, but I take care to modulate it from story to story and to strip it down entirely when necessary.
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Film fixes a precise visual image in the viewer's head. In fiction, you just hope you're precise enough to convey the intended effect.
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So many differing opinions and philosophies... are rarely housed under the roof of a single magazine.
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History has shown us all too often the consequences of dreaming poorly or not at all.
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I see music as an aid. It overcomes my internal editor, especially when the music evokes the character or the mood I'm trying to build.
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