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Kameron Hurley

American Writer

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When I was a kid, I watched a lot of 'Twilight Zone.' My mother was obsessed with the show, as it was a staple of her childhood - and thus she made it one of ours, too. Kameron Hurley

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I started writing books because I couldn't find the books I wanted to read on the shelf. Kameron Hurley

Writing Books Find Read Because Shelf Wanted Started

Historically, science-fiction and fantasy literature is no stranger to controversy, but it has learned how to adapt and endure. Kameron Hurley

Learned How Historically Controversy Endure Literature Fantasy Stranger Adapt

This is the biggest trick of the sort of thing I write: creating fun, powerful stories with tons of interesting stuff going socially and culturally that doesn't overly confuse the reader. Kameron Hurley

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As for the best '80s action movie, I'm going to be predictable here and say 'Die Hard.' I watch that movie at least twice a year. Perfect script. Kameron Hurley

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It's easier to say people are crazy than to try to figure out why. Kameron Hurley

Crazy People Try Say Easier Out Than Figure Why

Folks will always, always, always go back to the comfortable status quo, with its silent voices and lack of conflict, if you give them the chance. Kameron Hurley

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Authors make stuff up. Let's not pretend it's any more magical than that. Kameron Hurley

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What makes a book unique isn't always about having one big grand new idea. It's about combining many different ideas in new and interesting ways. Kameron Hurley

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I enjoy challenging myself in new and different ways. Kameron Hurley

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I'm a naturally lazy person, and I live for a challenge. Kameron Hurley

Challenge Live Lazy Person Naturally

I've told people before that I don't want to be a part of a genre; I want to be my own genre. I want to create it. Kameron Hurley

People Before Own My Own Part Genre Want Create

I'm terribly particular about what I read: lush writing, secondary world or seriously far-out science fiction, strong worldbuilding, dynamic characters. I need to have it all for it to work for me. Kameron Hurley

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Science fiction writers create all sorts of futures - that comes with the job. But it's not the type that matters - hopeful or dark - it's the variety we see as readers. It's nurturing the imaginations of those who will go on to create the world around us. Kameron Hurley

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As both an essayist and science fiction and fantasy novelist, I write about and for the future. I talk about the past to remind us that what we believe has always been true - that men and women are somehow static categories, or that men in power has always been the default, or that same-sex love affairs were always taboo - has not always been thus. Kameron Hurley

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There is no greater threat to progress than the phrase, 'That's impossible.' Kameron Hurley

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I understand that space travel and expansion is just as much about altering ourselves, our attitudes, our social structures, our very biology, as it is about altering the places we choose to live. Kameron Hurley

Human beings thrive on imagination and pushing boundaries and limitations. Imposing limits when we don't actually have any true idea of what's possible is like imposing a steel trap over the mind. Kameron Hurley

I want to be constantly in awe of the possibilities of the universe. Kameron Hurley

Universe Possibilities Constantly Want Awe

What history taught me is that societies are not static and that the straight line of progressive ideals - this thinking we have that a society will just magically become more egalitarian over time - is patently false. Kameron Hurley

Once readers and industry professionals have you pegged down as writing a particular type of book, they are less likely to try something new from you if they decided they didn't like the first one. Kameron Hurley

I tried to be really nice and like the things other people liked and do the things other people were supposed to do, and what you find out is that they're going to bully you anyway. And I thought, 'You know what? If I'm going to get bullied anyway, I might as well get bullied for making a difference in the world.' Kameron Hurley

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I think that there's this idea - especially for male readers, but female readers as well, because we're all indoctrinated, right? - where there's this idea that if a woman is tough, it can only be in a way that is still sexy. Kameron Hurley

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