“She prayed for that all through the night, uncertain to Whom or what, but with a feeling that almost resembled faith.” — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
The beauty of literature - also its limit - is that it is inescapably personal, even if you're writing science fiction. — Aleksandar Hemon Copy Share Image
Science fiction is one of the smartest genres around because you have to have so much forethought. — Amanda Schull Copy Share Image
“Michael Swan-wick’s Periodic Table of Science Fiction, short-shorts inspired by the periodic table of the elements.” — David G. Hartwell Copy Share Image
“Help!" he yelled and he lifted one leg, trying to run. But you can't outrun the membrane — he was soon gone.” — Carol Moreira Copy Share Image
The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it. — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
“Almost everything carried to its logical extreme becomes either depressing or carcinogenic.” — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“If you don't leave room for the unexpected to express itself in your life, you close yourself off from the possibility of… — Robert Stikmanz Copy Share Image
Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
Labels like 'Chinese Science Fiction' or 'Western Science Fiction' summarize a vast field of work, all of which are diverse and driven… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“To love was a privilege not afforded to those of us born in these trying times when survival was never guaranteed. We… — Molly X. Chang Copy Share Image
I would say I'm an ironist not a satirist. All you do is you take existing tendencies and crank them up, just… — Martin Amis Copy Share Image
Whatever science fiction movies we watch now, we can make the technology real in two days. What we can do is not… — Pranav Mistry Copy Share Image
When I did 'Battlestar Galactica' it was the first time I really understood science fiction. That was a very political drama, but… — Michelle Forbes Copy Share Image
When it comes down to it, the reason that science fiction endures is that it is, at its core, an optimistic genre.… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“The most amazing mechanism in the known universe is the human brain; it takes in information all the time then uses it,… — Amanda Dubin Copy Share Image
“Back in the day, the story goes, four science fiction writers - Isaac Asimov, Robert Heinlein, Frank Herbert and L Ron Hubbard… — John Sweeney Copy Share Image
“Atlantis sinks. Serves it right. Red hates the place. For one thing, there are so many Atlantises, always sinking, in so many… — Amal El-Mohtar Copy Share Image
The cool thing for me is, I go to a lot of conventions - a lot of science fiction conventions like Comic-Con… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
“Hi Clara. I thought you would need someone to walk with today, so here I am.” Sorin, her friend that lived in… — Paige Ray Copy Share Image
“I must warn you, my story isn’t a pretty one: abductions, time-traveling dragons, the Order of the Black Fez, highly verbal cats,… — Richard Due Copy Share Image
I realized that for fantasy and science fiction, especially from my youth, white was the default. Luke Skywalker was in the lead,… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
Although The Terminator is arguably the more visionary of the first two films, [Terminator 2] is the more visually and viscerally satisfying.… — James Berardinelli Copy Share Image
I think the least important thing about science fiction for me is its predictive capacity. Its record for being accurately predictive is… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Science fiction really is the only genre that lets you use your imagination without limitations. — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
If contemporary literary fiction doesn't read a bit like science fiction then it's probably not all that contemporary, is it — Warren Ellis Copy Share Image
“I can’t help but ask, “Do you know where you are?” She turns to me with a foreboding glare. “Do you?” — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
“Thus, we must realize that October 21, 2011 will be the final day of this earth’s existence.” — Harold Camping Copy Share Image
“Here lies the body of Colonel Cornell’s. The rest of the fellow, I fancy, in hell is.” — Mark Hodder Copy Share Image
Men read science fiction to build the future. Women don't need to read it. They are the future. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Many of the concepts we once thought belonged to speculation or science fiction are now part of our understood reality. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
“But the task of science fiction is not to predict the future. Rather, it contemplates possible futures.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“Why do humans never do as they're told? Someone should replace you all with robots. No, on second though, they shouldn't, bad… — Jonathan Morris Copy Share Image
Science fiction is my way of pushing the imagination onward. It's a way to understand how the world will look in the… — Bernard Werber Copy Share Image
I've always been a reader of science fiction, and I have loved a lot of feminist science fiction. — Naomi Alderman Copy Share Image
“Listen: Common sense doesn't mean what it used to mean." -Matthias Chalmers, STAIRWAY2 HEAVEN” — Chaz Thompson Copy Share Image
“I stoped reading science fiction once I saw that the UFO was real. It became science fact that just hasn't been proven… — Mike Bird Copy Share Image
Today I continue with my science-fiction reading habit and find it very mind-expanding. Always makes me think. — Jeff Bezos Copy Share Image
In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown. — Ridley Scott Copy Share Image
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