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Pythagoras was the first person to call the universe Cosmos, describing it a kosmos. The Greek word means an equal presence of order and beauty.
The Cosmos as a Poem (2010)
In zero gravity, [[w:space adaptation syndomre]|SAS]] aside, it's possible to perform amazing physical feats. Ironically, it's more like being there as a mind.
Creativity, no matter how elementally miniscule or broad in scope, is what differentiates human beings as superior to any material value, and also empowers the achievement of excellence beyond personal flaws.
State of the Art (2000)
The door swung smoothly open, surprising her. A girl stood there. Barefoot. Dressed in a trash bag.
Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995)
The realm of quanta is how I have intrinsically approached and viewed reality since I was born.
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
Sure, the sheer animal aspect of our physicality is an intrinsic component of what we are.
When real intimacy occurs, any where, any how, it comes close to feeling we live forever, and we are not alone.
I followed my inspiration to an ending I couldn't yet see, and incorporated techniques of allegory and exposition, expository essay.
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
Sex is communication and creation. In my novel, "Flight", two lovers have sex by becoming a forest and rain.
Really, other one-pop variations of sex pale after it goes cosmic. And there is an abundance of fake or imitation sex around.
I believe Love is the most courageous act of which a human being is capable. The word courage even stems from the root word “heart” (coeur). Scientifically speaking, it is quantifiable only by recognition of its quality.
Space: What love's got to do with it - The Space Review (2004)
Eroticism means "caused by love." That is eroticism's meaning. (Erotic vs. porn) Real sex is erotic.
Various editors, senior editors at major houses who wanted the book said that they didn't quite know what genre it was.
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
I was surprised and fascinated to experience the absolute lack of physical attraction, in terms of physical mass, in z-g.
"I hated you because you reminded me of...how I once was...of what I lost."
Flight: A Quantum Fiction Novel (1995)
What appears to us solid is ultimately both a particle and a wavelength, and on that realm everything behaves as both a particle and a wave.
Vanna Bonta Talks About Quantum fiction: Author Interview (2007)
Experiencing that in general was curiously amazing.
Unfamiliar environments heighten adrenalin, which might work for stimulating excitement or against totally relaxing into any kind of intimacy.
It’s vital as we postulate and work toward exploration and human settlement beyond Earth. I like to think of the possibilities of sustaining humanity’s continuum, with preserved recorded history way beyond the life of our Sun.
Zero Gravity interview (2006)
Evil's last voice croaked to me, "How did you know I was only bluffing?" Because he wept. Because he wept.
Degrees: Thought Capsules and Micro Tales (1989)