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Gregory Benford

The thing that most critics miss about Faulkner is that his famous storytelling voice is, in fact, a standard Southern storytelling voice that is typical of the Gulf Coast – Mississippi, Alabama and so on.

Voice, Storytelling

Gregory Benford

Electromagnetic theory and experiment gave us the telephone, radio, TV, computers, and made the internal combustion engine practical – thus, the car and airplane, leading inevitably to the rocket and outer-space exploration.

Car, Airplane, Experiment

Gregory Benford

Very little useful science got done in the space station. NASA never did the experiments needed to develop the technologies required for a genuine interplanetary expedition: centrifugal gravity to avoid bodily harm and a truly closed biosphere.

Science, Done, Gravity

Gregory Benford

Aging is mostly the failure to repair.

Aging, Repair, Mostly

Gregory Benford

As fandom grew more variegated, genzines reflected a broadening of interests, carrying personal columns of humor and reflection, science articles, amateur fiction, stylish gossip, and inevitably, thoughtful pieces on the future of fandom.

Future, Reflection, Science

Gregory Benford

In a tough situation, don’t avoid acting just because it’s easier or comfortable. Don’t lapse into a passive state. People who give up, die.

inspirational-attitude

Gregory Benford

Human life is a voyage on a sea of meaning, not a net of information.

being-human, information, meaning

Gregory Benford

…the movies are most people’s exposure to ideas about the future.

movies, the-future

Gregory Benford

Fame is the accumulation of misunderstandings around a well-known name

Gregory Benford

I know that humans are fond of seeing their kind rendered in other media.

Gregory Benford

Humans and animals regard each other across a gulf of mutual incomprehension. With aliens, that has to go double.

aliens, animals, humans

Gregory Benford

But a lady forced is never a lady won