"Social dynamic theory is philosophy, not politics. There can't be only one correct answer, or there would only be one book." Sharon L Reddy, Worldcon, 1995.

Noam Chomsky about his latest book: "That's a well-worked out, detailed proposal for one form of democratic control of popular institutions — social, economic, political, others. And it is particularly well-worked out, in extensive detail. Whether that's the right form or something other, I think it's a little early to tell. My own feeling is that a fair amount of experimentation has to be done to see how societies can and should function."

This is what I do. This is why I do it. I nod agreement through Alvin Toffler and giggle through Noam Chomsky, sure my brain is steaming. I can actually pronounce most of those words. People who read my books discover or build a society with me and learn how one works. If they read several, they get a real broad range of things that do and don't work and why. They will be better guides for their grandchildren. It's the talent for seeing how it all interacts that I got from my Mafia-busting IRS man daddy. I write entertainment. I write what Dickson, Heinlein, Norton and every other science fiction and a whole lot of other authors taught me. A story that's got enough concept in it and is enough fun for reruns.

"Romantic brain candy," Raven's Reviews.
The stories are about the people in the society. Glaisian espousal, in SI, is extremely carefully worded. Empires that don't rule are interesting. So are the ones that do. Adapting governmental systems to alien biology is fun. Adapting societies to reality is the point, but the story is about loving people. A whole lot of my work is 'polyamory family sagas.' In SI, building a social attitude that will sustain families and give children stable relationships, with parents gone over long periods, is the work the wealthy are doing. It's the concept of 'nobless oblige.' Those who have more can use it to do more.

This civilization is "falling." Corporate-structured capitalism has a finite ending. It must grow. It cannot exist in a steady state. Take note I specify "corporate-structured." The monolithic structure period is ending. In eighty years, something will have grown to replace it. The development of the science of independent technological society is on the internet now. The vast social change is the tinkerers can show each other what they're doing.

(c)Sharon L Reddy, 2014