http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/aphorisms-for-writing-science-fiction/ Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America Wed, 22 May 2013 23:41:38 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/aphorisms-for-writing-science-fiction/#comment-749 MS Tue, 22 Sep 2009 00:54:38 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=2006#comment-749 Actually… You are technically correct, the examples given are similes. However, they imply a larger, ongoing theme – a metaphor.

]]> http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/aphorisms-for-writing-science-fiction/#comment-301 Mary Robinette Kowal Mon, 17 Aug 2009 06:08:25 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=2006#comment-301 Huh. Well look at that. This was on the old site for I don’t know how long and no one noticed that.

]]> http://www.sfwa.org/2009/08/aphorisms-for-writing-science-fiction/#comment-299 KG Sun, 16 Aug 2009 23:43:42 +0000 http://www.sfwa.org/?p=2006#comment-299 Sorry to be a bother about semantics, but all your examples of “metaphors” are actually similes.

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