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Date of birth: 02 April 1948
Date of death: Alive (or unknown)
Country Of Origin: America
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" A story told from an entirely alien point of view would read like one long typographical error and quickly lose the interest of any human reader. "

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" And so The Snow Queen also became a story about the need to seek equilibrium, in our own lives, with the natural world, even within the universe at large. "

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" As for the historical inspirations I drew on in writing The Snow Queen, I suppose I would call them more cross-cultural inspirations, though they frequently involve past societies as well as present day ones. "

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" Besides, wouldn't it be wonderful if no one ever had to worry about the random cruelty of fatal illness or the woes of old age attacking them or their loved ones? "

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" Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto bestseller lists even though I enjoy reading a wide variety of literature, both fiction and nonfiction. "

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" But human beings, especially if we were raised in a major Western religious tradition (Christianity, Judaism, or Islam), like things broken down into either/or: Something is either good or evil, right or wrong, true or false, Order or Chaos. Choose one. "

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" But our society does not grant nontraditional forms of intelligence equal recognition, no matter how much it would help us get along or truly enrich our lives. "

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" Cat, the main character of my other series, has been kicking at the walls of my right brain since I was seventeen years old, demanding to be heard (an unusual phenomenon, even for me). "

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" Each time, storytellers clothed the naked body of the myth in their own traditions, so that listeners could relate more easily to its deeper meaning. "

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" Everything born has to die, in order to make room for the future. "

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" Everything in nature dies, from no-see-ums to galaxies. Amoral Nature devours its prey in the long grass, bloody of fang and claw. "

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" Fear of the unknown is a terrible fear. "

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" For every path you choose, there is another you must abandon, usually forever. "

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" Here was a fragment of Goddess myth that, through all its permutations, had somehow escaped being turned on its head. It was the perfect springboard for the sort of novel I wanted to write. "

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" Humans are upsetting a fragile balance that their own human ancestors established. "

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