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1 " If there’s a zeppelin, it’s alternate history. If there’s a rocketship, it’s science fiction. If there are swords and/or horses, it’s fantasy. A book with swords and horses in it can be turned into science fiction by adding a rocketship to the mix. If a book has a rocketship in it, the only thing that can turn it back into fantasy is the Holy Grail. "
― Debra Doyle
2 " A mystery reader, confronted with a large mass of sudden detail, is going to go—subconsciously, at least—”Aha! somewhere in all of this the writer has planted a Clue!”, and look for that; a reader trained exclusively in mainstream literary fiction is likely to say, “Aha! all this emphasis must point to something of Thematic Importance!”, but an experienced reader of science fiction is going to assume that he or she is meant to take all of those details and out of them construct a world.Which is why the writer of a science-fiction mystery with literary ambitions is trying to do a quadruple somersault off the trapeze without a net. "
3 " Be men, or be more than men. Be steady to your purposes and firm as a rock. This ice is not made of such stuff as your hearts may be; it is mutable and cannot withstand you if you say that it shall not. "
― Debra Doyle , Frankenstein
4 " Are you sure that's Val?""No," said Freddie. "It's Lassie in a wolf suit. "
5 " If Mr. Castillo had been in charge of building the Ark, Noah would have wound up with a boat the size of the New Jersey.""It still wouldn't have been big enough for all those animals," said Freddie. "Honestly, Freddie," I said. "Don't you know a joke when you hear one?""Sure," he said. "Just the same, Val, with the few people the Ark had aboard, there wouldn't be enough of them to shovel all the-"I threw a pine cone at him and chased him back to camp. "
6 " It doesn't pay to ignore warnings. Even when they don't make sense. "
7 " Valerie Sherwood, I said to myself, you're going to die. "
8 " Hunt while you can. The weather may change tomorrow. "
― Debra Doyle , The Price of the Stars
9 " What about the main door over that way?” “Don’t try it. That one only looks like a door.” “What is it, then?” asked Ari, as the sliding panel snicked shut again behind them. “A burglar alarm,” said Jessan. “Or so your sister tells me. You wake up when the burglar starts screaming. "
10 " One secret which I alone possessed was the hope to which I had dedicated myself. "
