"Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens." ― Rudy Rucker Topic(s): Computers Tags: characters, fiction, science, writers More From Rudy Rucker "One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments." "Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail." "In any case, A New Kind of Science is a wonderful book, and I’m still absorbing its teachings." More In Computers "Computers make me totally blank out."― Dalai Lama "I have three brothers and they’re all into computers. They’re all intellects. My mother would pay me a quarter a page to read a book and I couldn’t make 50 cents. I just couldn’t do it."― Josh Holloway "Love is always bestowed as a gift – freely, willingly and without expectation. We don’t love to be loved; we love to love."― Leo Buscaglia