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

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• Edward M. Lerner:

  A funny thing about near-future stories: the future catches up to them. If the author is unlucky, t

• Edward M. Lerner:

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

• Edward M. Lerner:

  What SF author or fan isn't interested in human space travel? I've yet to meet one.

• Edward M. Lerner:

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

• Edward M. Lerner:

  I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a

• Edward M. Lerner:

  It would help if human experts agreed on the meaning of such basic terms as intelligence, conscious

• Edward M. Lerner:

  In mainstream literature, a trope is a figure of speech: metaphor, simile, irony, or the like. Word

• Edward M. Lerner:

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

• Edward M. Lerner:

  Many a fine SF story uses science or technology merely as backdrop. Many a fine SF story presumes a

• Edward M. Lerner:

  One of the bedrock principles of physics is the conservation of energy. In this universe, energy ca