Science Fiction, is the last great escape.

“Pythagoras has had me going round in circles for years.” ― Anthony Merrydew”

— A.R. Merrydew

“The demise of the human race rests mainly on the shoulders of stupidity, and the abuse of power in the hands of those we…

— A.R. Merrydew

“I had a close encounter with an alien last week. He returned to visit us and was amazed we were still here.”

— A.R. Merrydew

“As soon as something incredible happens, and I think I can take on the world, then boom, a warhead drops a payload on me.”

— H. Meadow Hopewell

“Let’s get to know each other. My name’s William, William More, but you can call me Willy. I’m an engineer-chemist who graduated from MIT.…

— Todor Bombov

fiction is the great lie that tells the truth

— Dorothy Allison

I've always been drawn to the extremes of human behavior, and crime fiction is a great way to explore the lives and stories of…

— Nick Petrie

“Fiction is a great combination between experience and imagination.”

— Desi Puspitasari

Science fiction is a great way to pretend you are writing about the future when in reality you are attacking the recent past and…

— Ray Bradbury

Fiction is the great repository of the moral sense. The wicked get punished.

— Anita Brookner

I'm such a huge fan of fan fiction, to me it's a great way for readers to become writers. It's like putting the training…

— Hugh Howey

It can be hard to write a skillfully entertaining fiction, but a great book wants to be more, and wants more from us.

— Guy Gavriel Kay

I think crime fiction is a great way to talk about social issues, whether 'To Kill A Mockingbird' or 'The Lovely Bones;' violence is…

— Karin Slaughter

For me, fiction's great gift - to writer and reader, alike - is freedom.

— Norman Lock

“Fiction is the great liar that tells the truth about how the world really lives.”

— Dorothy Allison