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Lots of science fiction deals with distant times and places. Intrepid prospectors in the Asteroid Belt. Interstellar epics. Galactic empires. Trips to… — Edward M. Lerner Copy Share Image
“If you ever find yourself coming out of a time machine, run. Run away as fast you can. Don't stop. Don't try… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
Science fiction has traditionally been economically naive, with a strong libertarian streak, which I think is like a crude Leninism. That's attractive… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
I finally decided one day, reading science fiction magazines of the time, I could do at least as well as some of… — Fred Saberhagen Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
“Another oral exam, huh?' Peter said. 'Shut up, Peter,' said Valentine. 'You should relax and enjoy it,' said Peter. 'It could be… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“Be careful who you let define your good. —Lois McMaster Bujold, science fiction writer • Why is learning to sift through possibilities… — Whitney Johnson 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
“The ceiling shattered, and the vacuum created yanked her into the air. Her face grazed a shard of the ceiling as it… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“A face stared up at her from the mirror beside her hand. Was that really what she looked like? Was that really… — P.C. Hodgell Copy Share Image
“© Carlyle Labuschagne 2014 " As I watched her run down the path and melt with the shadows, I wasn't sure how… — Carlyle Labuschagne Copy Share Image
Science fiction is a weird category, because it's the only area of fiction I can think of where the story is not… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I would say that most of my books are contemporary realistic fiction... a couple, maybe three, fall into the 'historic fiction' category.… — Lois Lowry Copy Share Image
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“They had just digested a recent meal of prepositions and were happily farting out apostrophes and ampersands; the air was heav'y with… — Jasper Fforde Copy Share Image
I think there's always been a traditionally apocalyptic side to British science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards. I mean, most of Wells'… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
“When they explore opportunity cost of black blood I hear ancient corridors survived on the neck of ancient souls Satellite empires, the… — Omondi Ochuka Copy Share Image
I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
“Richard felt no guilt about this, since he had heard that Google Earth, in turn, was based on an idea from some… — Neal Stephenson Copy Share Image
I started writing when I was 11. In my late teens, I was writing short stories of every conceivable type and sent… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I have been spending the better part of my professional life trying to create self-driving cars. At Google, I am working with… — Sebastian Thrun Copy Share Image
I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so… — Zoe Saldana Copy Share Image
One of the strangest features of string theory is that it requires more than the three spatial dimensions that we see directly… — Brian Greene Copy Share Image
“You could've at least let me know you weren't dead by the way. I was actually kind of sad about that." "That's… — Amy Tintera Copy Share Image
I am not an expert on Chinese science fiction. I probably know more than anyone else in the West, but that doesn't… — Ken Liu Copy Share Image
“I’ve always wondered though,” Orn mused aloud, “what does God need with a starship?” “Are you going to make that stupid quip… — Sabrina Zbasnik Copy Share Image
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Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
“The look in his eyes reminded me of myself. We were both alone in a new environment, trapped by our circumstances, and… — A.B.Whelan Copy Share Image
One of the reasons I did this, because I wasn't really looking for another science fiction film, was that my daughter can… — Sigourney Weaver Copy Share Image
“Nox didn’t say a word. He waited, counting the seconds in his mind. Sometimes you counted bullets and sometimes you counted time.… — Dean F. Wilson Copy Share Image
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As a teenager, I read a lot of science-fiction, but then I read 'Catch-22' and 'The Catcher in the Rye' and started… — Jed Mercurio Copy Share Image
When I graduated from high school, I thought I wanted to make science fiction movies, so I applied to film school, but… — Ma Yansong Copy Share Image
“Mortal has not been a habitable place for a long time. We have been trying to survive patching it but one day… — Carolina Cody Aldaz Copy Share Image
“Luke, I don't want to discourage your curiosity, but I have to remind you, if something goes wrong, this is an exceptionally… — Aaron Allston Copy Share Image
[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
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