Chasing after the Future

Once upon a time I too thought that the future was the only competent judge of our works and actions. Later on I understood that chasing after the future is the worst conformism of all, a craven flattery of the mighty. For the future is always mightier than the present. It will pass judgment on us, of course. And without any competence.

—Milan Kundera, “The Depreciated Legacy of Cervantes”

Figure 1. The author as a young man.

David Moles was born on the anniversary of the r.101 disaster. He has lived in six time zones on three continents, and hopes some day to collect the whole set.

David was a finalist for the 2004 John W. Campbell Award for Best New Writer, which he lost to Elizabeth Bear.

His fiction and poetry have been published in Polyphony, Say..., Rabid Transit, Flytrap, Lady Churchill’s Rosebud Wristlet, and Asimov’s, as well as on Strange Horizons. He co-edited All-Star Zeppelin Adventure Stories with Jay Lake and Twenty Epics with Susan Marie Groppi.

When he is not writing or editing, he practices kendo, collects unnecessary educational qualifications, and works to pay off his airline tickets. An occasionally delinquent member of the SFWA, David is a graduate of the American School in Japan, Oakes College, UC Santa Cruz, Lincoln College, Oxford, and the Viable Paradise writing workshop. His favorite color is blue and his favorite impractical vehicle is the Citroën 2cv.

Figure 2. The author’s impression of Lemony Snicket.

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