“What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-ce...” — Edward M. Lerner Quote

“What kind of hard SF do I write? Everything from near-future, Earth-centric techno-thrillers to far-future, far-flung interstellar epics.”

“I like to think readers appreciate a well-drawn near-future as well as a well-drawn far-future.”

“The distinguishing characteristic of the techno-thriller is technical detail.”

“History buffs expect historical background in historical fiction. Mystery readers expect forensics and police procedure in crime fiction. Westerns - gasp - describe the West. Techno-thriller readers expect to learn something about technology from their fiction.”

“Time travel offends our sense of cause and effect - but maybe the universe doesn't insist on cause and effect.”

“I want to believe humanity has not forgotten how to explore.”

“I am not against songs in films. We come from an oral tradition of storytelling. I have grown up listening to epics in oral rendition and oral rendition always had music.”

“I've done all these historical epics and chivalrous roles, but there's an odder, quirkier side to me that nobody knows about.”

“Films on Indian epics need to be made and when the response to it is good, it gives you the impetus to make more such films.”

“I didn't need to write historical epics, no, or science fiction, though I read a lot of science fiction as a kid and rather liked it. But I didn't have the mentality.”

“I grew up torturing friends and family by making super-8 and VHS epics.”