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The Lord of the Rings movie set an entirely new standard for fantasy in the movies.

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Don't mistake a good setup for a satisfying conclusion - many beginning writers end their stories when the real story is just ready to begin.

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Resist the temptation to try to use dazzling style to conceal weakness of substance.

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It's most presumptuous to believe we already know all the answers and will never get any more big surprises.

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Of course, the way writers think about those things is almost certain to be affected by their own cultural background, and it would be hard to deny that, for whatever reasons, a lot of SF writers come from Anglo or European backgrounds.

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As for sticking strictly to presently known science, I will simply point out that we have already experienced at least two major revolutions in science in this century alone.

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Through our entire history we have become accustomed to pushing [animals] around in ways dictated by our own wants and needs without much regard for theirs.

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