“First contact comes not by hand of man, but by metal of machine.” — Ryan Sean O'Reilly Copy Share Image
“To be in a war, you must learn the rules of survival… to win a war, you must break every fucking one… — A.J. Vega Copy Share Image
Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny. — Lawrence Wright Copy Share Image
“To completely understand me you must first accept that I am not you.” — Ross Caligiuri Copy Share Image
Despite what everyone thinks about science fiction, ultimately, at its best, it's about human beings with human emotions. — Greig Fraser Copy Share Image
“It's impossible to walk through solid rock... You have to walk between the molecules that make up the rock.” — J.M. Dattilo Copy Share Image
“Stability,” insisted the Controller, “stability. The primal and the ultimate need. Stability. Hence all this.” — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction. — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it. So I don't think I could successfully pull off being… — Denis Leary Copy Share Image
“Where was this written? I wondered. Where in the Talmud or the Koran or the Bible did it say, "Lo, and Satan… — Lyda Morehouse Copy Share Image
I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
It's been an old saw in science fiction for a long time, since 'Frankenstein,' that we're going to create life that's going… — Ronald D. Moore Copy Share Image
“I come from a place where everyone has great power, by your standards, and they steadfastly refuse to use it for self-aggrandizement… — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk… — Aaron Allston Copy Share Image
I have no idea what my draw is for science fiction. I hope they come to me because they like complicated women.… — Sonya Walger Copy Share Image
Usually the science-fiction fan has some indication they're a sci-fi fan and, therefore, a 'Stargate' fan. In other words, they could be… — Richard Dean Anderson Copy Share Image
“His vision blurred, his grip on the dash faltered and the cockpit lost definition. Then all the diati rushed back to him… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“By the standards of a tourist strolling past looking for a quick lunch, the place was a dive. The sign on the… — Scott B. Pruden Copy Share Image
“What?" The dread in her tone told Rob she knew what. "How much longer?" "Thirty seconds." She laughed with a panicked urgency.… — Will McIntosh Copy Share Image
Remember, science fiction's always been the kind of first level alert to think about things to come. It's easier for an audience… — Steven Spielberg Copy Share Image
“Yatima found verself gazing at a red-tinged cluster of pulsing organic parts, a translucent confusion of fluids and tissue. Sections divided, dissolved,… — Greg Egan Copy Share Image
Cory Doctorow should be too busy for lunch. He's co-editor of, and a prolific contributor to, one of the most influential blogs… — Tim Harford Copy Share Image
“When you mix Science Fiction with Fantasy you don't have a pure genre, the two are, to a professional separate genres. I… — L. Ron Hubbard Copy Share Image
“In Hamilton 's The Universe Wreckers ... it was in that novel that, for the first time, I learned Neptune had a… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
