Carolina QuotesA rustic setting always suggests fantasy; to suggest science fiction, you need sheet metal and plastic. You need rivets.
Orson Scott Card Connected to the Carolinas
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Quoted by Mary Robinette Kowal in "Precogs and Ray Guns Have No Place In True SciFi".
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“A rustic setting always suggests fantasy; to suggest science…” Orson Scott Card. Carolina Quotes, record CQ-56DBA28CB3. https://carolinaquotes.com/quote/56dba28cb3
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