“What is more precious: a thousand answers derived from one question? Or, one answer…from a thousand questions?” — G. F. Smith Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the field that explores how change can affect us, for well or ill. — David Brin Copy Share Image
“An infinitely unpleasant fraction of a second is a small price to pay for the opportunity to stride across eternity.” — R. Curtis Venture Copy Share Image
I'm a science-fiction fan. All science fiction ends up being reality. — Martin Cooper Copy Share Image
“We’re all the same. We all have the means to save ourselves and carry ourselves home.” — T.A. Miles Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers aren't fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“That's science fiction shit," "It's only fiction until science catches up.” — J D Robb Fantasy in Death Copy Share Image
“The death takes a moment and life lasts forever. Why spend eternity worried about a singularity?” — Abram Gitspof Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
Fantasy and science fiction stories are very applicable to talking to your children about the world. They tend to talk about the… — Stephen H. Segal Copy Share Image
“As with most of the future worlds in the science fiction, you are not talking about the future. You are talking about… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“Well, I guess [2001: A Space Odyssey] legitimized [science fiction], particularly for people who looked down on science fiction; you know, the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
“Deep in the recesses of her mind, she knew they were probably watching. They watched everything, after all. Let them watch. Let… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
Science fiction doesn’t try to predict the future, but rather offers a significant distortion of the present…We sit around and look at… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“The autumn leaves remind me of my own faded memories. The leaves hold their own precious stories, which drift about in the… — Susan L. Marshall Copy Share Image
The feeling persists that no one can simultaneously be a respectable writer and understand how a refrigerator works, just as no gentleman… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“A glacial chill rushes through Gage. He whips around just in time to see arms clutch Summer around the middle and drag… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Sound waves, regardless of their frequency or intensity, can only be detected by the Mole Fly’s acute sense of smell—it is a… — Ashim Shanker Copy Share Image
The future. Space travel, or cosmology. Alternate universes. Time travel. Robots. Marvelous inventions. Immortality. Catastrophes. Aliens. Superman. Other dimensions. Inner space, or… — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“She unwinds her scarf, taking so long about it that I wonder if she expects me to respond. “You were following the… — Corinne Duyvis Copy Share Image
“A lot of people feel that way. That if you didn’t pay your dues by being ostracized then you’re not *really* a… — Patrick Rothfuss Copy Share Image
“Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. They had both… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image