32 Quotes by Stanley Schmidt

Some of the biggest changes that have happened are behind the scenes, in the way we produce the magazine. E.g., much of our production has been brought in-house via desktop publishing.

I think humour is one of the most important, difficult, and underappreciated areas of any art, and I'd like to have some in every issue.

Also, much science fiction is not actually set in any existing place or culture, so it's more or less equally foreign to everybody.

I like to do that, too, so I enjoy both science fiction and fantasy - but I always keep in mind which one I'm doing, and they are not the same.

intricately and intriguingly woven, lots of fun, and extremely thought provoking.

I think the rising and falling popularity of areas like hard SF and far-future SF is, to a considerable extent, the same as any other fashion.

Its limitations are those of the physical universe: it won't let you play with some really wild ideas that aren't possible, but are fun to speculate about.

Usually if nobody hates a piece, nobody loves it, either; and a magazine which sets itself the goal of provoking thought is not doing its job if everybody agrees with what it does.

There may be something to the suggestion about the pace of technological change intimidating writers, though - it's been awfully hard to keep ahead of real developments.