“You’ve never been ugly.” The boy looked down at his hand filling the blank spaces in a science fiction scene. “Women treat… — Janet Fitch Copy Share Image
Star Trek, I thought, was a very inconsistent show, which at times sparkled with true ingenuity and pure science fiction approaches, and… — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I seem to offend everybody. I just never got into the universe. I don't seem to have a tremendous amount of discipline… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“If her daughter’s ship had been disintegrated in space there would never be evidence of it, never an answer to what had… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Just in case you’re wondering,” Gage says, breaking the silence, “this alliance of ours doesn’t mean I like you.” “Feeling’s mutual.” Julian… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be,… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on… — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“Elijah blinked in dazzling sunlight and took a deep breath. The sweet-pepper scent of meadow grass told him immediately where he was.… — Sharon Sant Copy Share Image
“The finest SF comes to grips with life's mysteries, with our resentments against our own natures and our limited societies. It does… — George Zebrowski Copy Share Image
I was born in California, raised a vegetarian, and love science fiction, so don't tell me how I need to be in… — Aisha Tyler Copy Share Image
“On January 24th, Apple computers will introduce Macintosh. And you’ll see why 1984 won’t be like 1984.” – Old Hollywood film director… — Austin Dragon Copy Share Image
“I’m sorry,” he says. No two words were ever truer. Still, she says nothing. Once a shield, now her taciturnity is brandished… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
Hard science fiction, which is what I write, often is rightly criticized for having either negligible or unbelievable characterization, but the science… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“Charlie smiled. ‘Actually, right now I feel like venting; maybe seeing how loud I can make the speakers in the gym and… — Trevor Barton Copy Share Image
“underwater cities, and robot personal assistants. From the 1930s on, science fiction pulp magazines and comic books promised us that by the… — James Kakalios Copy Share Image
I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“As they walked, it seemed almost every building had some similar contrivance as decoration, adorning the street in a cacophony of clangs,… — A.F. Stewart Copy Share Image
“Caches of data are being recovered all the time. Why, just the other day, I heard that we now had complete texts… — Dan Abnett Copy Share Image
I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“[ Fahrenheit 451 ] is a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting… — David Twohy Copy Share Image
Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
Even though I knew pretty early that I was going to be a scientist, it wasn't the science that interested me in… — Steven Weinberg Copy Share Image
The history of science fiction started in the caves 20,000 years ago. The ideas on the walls of the cave were problems… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“I think you have bits of Primord in your hair...And you look …bloody...You look a mess, Halíka...But you are still the most… — Alexandra May Copy Share Image
“When the emergency brappers went of they did what any dedicated, well-trained and quick-minded Service personnel would do; they paniced. From the… — Stephen R. Donaldson Copy Share Image
If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn't come from watching other films. We seem to be in a… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of science fiction. My family, we all used to watch 'Star Trek' together, which is kind of… — Olivia Wilde Copy Share Image
“The first book to use the term ‘science fiction’ in the title was also a vintage paperback, an anthology called The Pocket… — Pradeep Sebastian Copy Share Image
There were probably, what, 300 science-fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
They have an amazing proliferation of TV channels now: The all-cartoon channel, the 24-hour-science fiction channel. Of course, to make room for… — Dennis Miller Copy Share Image
Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“The screech of tyres, an almighty bang and a car exploded through the playground wall like a high-velocity bullet through a watermelon.” — Kev Heritage Copy Share Image
I like to come back to the science fiction of Stanislaw Lem. He is comforting but also funny, and although I know… — Olga Tokarczuk Copy Share Image
“For the first time in his life, Michael understood why real soldiers coming back from real wars often had a hard time… — James Dashner Copy Share Image
“Even in forgetting there is an aspect of recollection, a faded few moments of wispy consciousness clung like webs in high-vaulted chambers,… — Jeffrey Panzer Copy Share Image
Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image