The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge Quotes

“This might be one of the few basements in Southern California, but it was clearly being used the way Juan’s family used the garage.”
― Vernor Vinge, The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge

“The generic form of this problem is widespread in SF, and very hard to avoid. With rare exceptions, if a story gimmick is something that could plausibly grow out of the present, then it and its consequences can’t reasonably be presented as a surprise in the story.”
― Vernor Vinge, The Collected Stories of Vernor Vinge