America is a nation of liars, and for that reason science fiction has a special claim to be our national literature, as… — Thomas M. Disch Copy Share Image
One of the biggest roles of science fiction is to prepare people to accept the future without pain and to encourage a… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
You can tell the date of an old science fiction novel by every word on the page. Nothing dates harder and faster… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I've actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it's really tough to do. It's really difficult… — Grant Bowler Copy Share Image
I am playing in a playground that's already been played in. I am always aware that a lot of the furniture in… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl howl gargle howl gargle howl howl gargle gargle howl gargle gargle gargle howl slurrp uuuurgh… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
“It reminded him of a science fiction novel that he'd read once; in it, the characters had a tendency to say ominously… — Ais Copy Share Image
“Richard paused again. Bert hated that pause; he knew it all too well from his meetings with the town selectmen. Bureaucrats implemented… — Kris Ashton Copy Share Image
Jack Campbell's dazzling new series is military science fiction at its best. Not only does he tell a yarn of great adventure… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
“Okay, this is formally beyond fiction.” Sherri began rocking on the bed. She laughed uncomfortably. “Is there a category beyond fiction? Science… — Gary Williams Copy Share Image
My biggest difference with our film and those kinds of science fiction films is that they are going from one special effect… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
“This is not science fiction. Around the world, 50,000 men with prostate cancer have been treated with focused ultrasound. Over 36,000 women… — John Grisham Copy Share Image
Recently, the science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke talked about the ways the lives of human beings will be changed in the… — Doris Lessing Copy Share Image
We shall not read it for its sociological insights, which are non-existent, nor as science fiction, because it has a general air… — Peter Medawar Copy Share Image
“Almsgiving is a major tenet of Islam. It's also a kick in the pants of the highest order. Nothing is as cool… — Lyda Morehouse Copy Share Image
For one thing, you have the opportunity in science fiction shows to do things with stories - address issues and ideas -… — Tim Russ Copy Share Image
The brain, knowing that a person can't live forever in this world, rationalizes a future, or other-dimensional, world in which immortality is… — Philip Jose Farmer Copy Share Image
“A layer of fine powder coats his skin. “My lungs are turning to concrete,” Rob wheezes, hacking and spitting. “So are my… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
A science fiction story is just an attempt to solve a problem that exists in the world, sometimes a moral problem, sometimes… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
So often, science fiction helps to get young people interested in science. That's why I don't mind talking about science fiction. It… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Braxton Cosby's stories feel personal and well thought-out. I'm happy to welcome this entertaining writer to the YA science fiction field. I… — Tananarive Due Copy Share Image
“You are my nervous system, which I have grown myself over billions of years so that I could finally have the opportunity… — Bohdan Tanchyk Copy Share Image
“I go on writing in both respectable and despised genres because I respect them all, rejoice in their differences, and reject only… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“The children guessed, if they did not whisper it, that all science fiction is an attempt to solve problems by pretending to… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“One thing I can guarantee, is that the world will never change itself because of our weaknesses. In fact, it has ways… — J.Z. Colby Copy Share Image
Hopefully, great science fiction films help you think about issues that relate to yourself, whether it's: What's my purpose? Why am I… — Joseph Kosinski Copy Share Image
I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that is purely producing, not writing, with a… — Melissa Rosenberg Copy Share Image
Because they are so humbled by their creations, engineers are naturally conservative in their expectations of technology. They know that the perfect… — Henry Petroski Copy Share Image
One of the things I've always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at… — Jo Walton Copy Share Image
There's a long relationship between science fiction and the 'novel of ideas,' and I think writers of science fiction are able to… — Katie Kitamura Copy Share Image
Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. — Walter Jon Williams Copy Share Image
We do a hard fantasy as well as hard science fiction, and I think I probably single-handedly recreated military science fiction. It… — Jerry Pournelle Copy Share Image
“This time it was true death we heard - oblivion, void, the absolute - and the beauty of the experience was rooted… — Eugene Lim Copy Share Image
I started writing short stories. I tried writing horror, mystery, science fiction. I joined a little critique group here in town and… — James Rollins Copy Share Image
As a child, I read science fiction, but from the very beginnings of my reading for pleasure, I read a lot of… — Norman Spinrad Copy Share Image
“History doesn’t start with a tall building and a card with your name written on it, but jokes do. I think someone… — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
Since I was really little, I've just always had an obsession with, not just science fiction, but science and space. And also… — Moby Copy Share Image
My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature -… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
“Asleep you can experience many hours whilst only a few waking moments have passed. This is why dreams are an ideal platform… — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
