Doris Lessing (1919–2013) British novelist, poet, playwright, librettist, biographer and short story writer
Boston Book Review interview by Harvey Blume http://www.dorislessing.org/boston.html (February 1998)
“Science fiction at its best should be crazy and dangerous, not sane and safe.”
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