I don't remember learning to read, but the first thing I remember reading is a science fiction novel. — Vonda N. McIntyre Copy Share Image
In really, really good science fiction, the line between the science and the fiction is blurry. — Damon Lindelof Copy Share Image
The thing about science fiction is that it's totally wide open. But it's wide open in a conditional way. — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
I spent my youth reading books in which corporations became governments, it's an old idea in science fiction. — Hank Green Copy Share Image
I like science fiction, I like fantasy, I like time travel, so I had this idea: What if you had a phone… — Rainbow Rowell Copy Share Image
“Here's a thought. You answer what I ask and I keep not killing you." - Antiope Flint - DREAMNASIUM” — Geoffrey Thorne Copy Share Image
Humans had spent thousands of years climbing out of caves and building technology so they could reach the moon and live in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You shouldn't say mean things to people before they kill you. It's being a sore loser. — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
The future is all around us, waiting, in moments of transition, to be born in moments of revelation. No one knows the… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Sometimes it's hard for me to understand that people can believe in me, that they can trust that I'll be anything more… — Michael A. Martin & Andy Mangels Copy Share Image
As a science fiction and fantasy writer, I used to love writing bleak, grimdark futures full of bleak, grimdark people. But I've… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
As a kid I wanted to write science fiction, and I was never without a book. Later I really got into being… — Daniel H. Wilson Copy Share Image
I'd always wanted the show to be more reality based science fiction, something along the lines of The Day the Earth Stood… — Gil Gerard Copy Share Image
“Sometimes, breaking out of a certain mentality is like planning a prison break. You can't just go for it and hope for… — Lauren Lola Copy Share Image
In France, it's always about life, normal life. We always stick with these realistic things. So when French people are dreaming about… — Berenice Bejo Copy Share Image
When it comes to the things that people really want in science fiction - like space travel - the simplest things end… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“The trouble with mimetic fiction isn’t that you can tell what’s going to happen (I defy anyone to guess what’s going to… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
“Enemy?’ Horus laughed. ‘When did they become the enemy? They are men like us.’ He glared up at the night sky, threw… — Dan Abnett Copy Share Image
“What chilled my blood was a felt marker outline of a woman on the wall. Hands above the head, where there was… — Grahame Shannon Copy Share Image
“If I program ’ware with an Anglo-Ubiq word and play it, you understand it,” Scile said. “If I do the same with… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
Directing is a big responsibility to take on. I think I'm only good at doing things I know very well. I don't… — Billy Bob Thornton Copy Share Image
There's more to research than just looking up facts. Eventually, you have to make subjective calls. If you're writing a science fiction… — Andy Weir Copy Share Image
“Solum invoked a sensation akin to lingering déjà vu in the wake of a dream. It was not Earth. Its city-planet architectural… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“A skeptic of all sentimentality, she has a witty, rueful voice that gives a deadpan appraisal of the past and present. We… — Ron Charles Copy Share Image
“On this ship, my word is fucking law! Captain Josiah Trenchard. UWSS Might of Fortitude.” — Jonathon Fletcher Copy Share Image
“...the next time you need a piece of apparently obscure information, try asking a science fiction writer. You might be surprised.” — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the characteristic literary genre of the century. It is the genre that stands in opposition to literary modernism. — David G. Hartwell Copy Share Image
“HAPPINESS FOR EVERYBODY, FREE, AND NO ONE WILL GO AWAY UNSATISFIED!” — Arkady Strugatsky Copy Share Image
I hope to build a reputation as a science-fiction writer. That's the pitch. We'll see. — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
I'm a fan of hard science fiction, which is science fiction that is possible. — Sal Khan Copy Share Image
“Rachel Henson stood facing him, immaculate in her uniform and ready for duty as always. She looked as though she had spent… — Peter James West Copy Share Image
As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us… — Damon Knight Copy Share Image
“Blood drummed in her ears and adrenaline coursed through her veins, driving her to move. To act. Her hands trembled against his… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
History is not going to look kindly on us if we just keep our head in the sand on armed autonomous robotics… — Peter Singer Copy Share Image
I read anything I could get my hands on: science fiction, fantasy, horror, thrillers. I even became hooked on the Bantam reprints… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
“I can’t—won’t do that to him,” Summer says sharply. “Or to myself. Besides, your feelings for me aren’t real. The Society did… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
Star Wars is adolescent nonsense; Close Encounters is obscurist drivel; ‘Star Trek’ can turn your brains into puree of bat guano; and… — Harlan Ellison Copy Share Image
Because we're watching so many movies and are consumed by so many stories, science fiction lets you do something a bit fresh… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
