But I think, and hope, that the novels can be understood and enjoyed as science fiction, on their own terms.

[The Void Which Binds] actual but unaccessible presence in our universe is one of the prime causes for our species elaborating myth and religion, for our stubborn, blind belief in extrasensory powers, in telepathy and precognition, in demons and demigods and resurrection and reincarnation and ghosts and messiahs and so many other categories of almost-but-not-quite satisfying bullshit.

I think if I'm going to do a science fiction, I'm going to go down a new path that I want to do.

With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be.

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things.

I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity.