Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in the dense atmospheres of planets such as Jupiter, swarms of intelligent insects, nano-scale robots and more.


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Democracy is too good to share with just anybody.
NIGEL REES
I know the General Assembly is struggling over the money end of it now. And the governor seems to be...
REES SHEARER
Overall, the results are ahead of expectations and it gives the company an argument to fight for in ...
TIM REES
When my book was first sent out to publishers, my agent told me to buy a lot of ice-cream and wait. ...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Formal education is but an incident in the lifetime of an individual. Most of us who have given the ...
R. I. REES
Sometmes when you pull knives on people, they get this impression that you're going to hurt them, an...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Friends don't menace friends with giant terrifying swords, okay?
SARAH REES BRENNAN
The gospel is neither a discussion or a debate. It is an announcement.
PAUL S. REES
I'm excited to see Cassie's fans and how they react to the ending of 'Clockwork Princess...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Real life is sometimes boring, rarely conclusive and boy, does the dialogue need work.
SARAH REES BRENNAN
We love a lot of vampire fiction - both fiction in which the vampires are enemies to be battled or s...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I tend to get over-excited and very, very loud. I rein myself in when people flinch and dogs start h...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Taking notes at a pub in Salisbury, I was mistaken for a health inspector!
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I cook better than you," Nick corrected absently. "I think monkeys can probably be taught to cook be...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
He punched me in the face," Ash said, who understandably did not seem to find the situation humorous...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Mae's first impulse was to die of shame, but she realized after a hot, stomach-clenching moment that...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Being able to depend on someone doesn't mean you're dependent on them.
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Do not have a catfight, boys, even if it is that time of the month,” said Serene, and when she saw...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Well, speaking as a feminist, I'm glad that women can lead--uh, groups of unspeakable magical evil."...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Whether you're starving in a garret or living in a castle like J. K. Rowling, I had this image o...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I'm a girl, so I've experienced dismissal because I was a girl or because I write about girl...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I do not know if you are not interested, or protecting yourself, but you cannot guard yourself again...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Like any other person who reads a ton of books, I hate many, many books. Oh, how I hate them. I have...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I love 'Gossip Girl'! I still miss 'Veronica Mars,' though.
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I'm told I have the body of a god."

"A Greek god, or one of those gods with the horse hea...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I-" said Nick, his voice halting. "I don't mind it as much when - when people touch me. Some people....
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Jon Glass had vaulted over the fence and was now approaching a horse chosen by some sort of weird ho...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Fear's useless. Either something bad happens or it doesn't: If it doesn't, you've wasted time being ...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I think more people are going to continue reading YA as well as reading other books because they hav...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Personally, I'd prefer a guy who wants to see my boobs.
SARAH REES BRENNAN
They aren't monsters!"
Her mother whispered, "Yes, they are.
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I read The Hunger Games voraciously and was extremely annoyed when interrupted by such inconsequenti...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
I want to burn the world because Alan is gone," he said. "I want to destroy everything I see. But yo...
SARAH REES BRENNAN
Lucky for you, I have another scheme. First I need a hundred ducks, but after that it will be pretty...
SARAH REES BRENNAN