Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres… — David Brin Copy Share Image
I'm the only member of SFWA in Nebraska, but I don't pine away for the companionship of other science fiction writers. I… — Robert Reed Copy Share Image
“As her vision flickered one last time, the man was gone; it was her mother looking into her eyes. Her mother’s eyes… — Kim Cormack Copy Share Image
“I’ve never liked urban myths. I’ve never liked pretending to believe in them; never understood why everyone else doesn’t see straight through… — Mikey Campling Copy Share Image
“[T]he new weird represents a productive experiment in fantasy fiction. The New Wave of the 1960s and 1970s arguably embodied science fiction's… — Darja Malcolm-Clarke Copy Share Image
“Oh! What a miserable night I passed! The cold stars shone in mockery, and the bare trees waved their branches above me;… — Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley Copy Share Image
“AIDEN: DID WE NOT ESTABLISH THIS DURING YOUR FAILED ATTEMPTS ON THE BRIDGE? YOU CANNOT HOPE TO MATCH ME. MY COMPUTATIONAL POWER… — Jay Kristoff, Amie Kaufman Copy Share Image
“By being unknowable, by resulting from events which, at the sub-atomic level, cannot be fully predicted, the future remains malleable, and retains… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“On the surface, I was calm: in secret, without really admitting it, I was waiting for something. Her return? How could I… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
“Arkady looked at the other man. he felt that he was actually seeing him as a physical being for the first time…He… — Chris Moriarty Copy Share Image
While I prefer generally more personal dramas in which I can stretch myself... and while I'm not a science fiction buff, I… — Yvette Mimieux Copy Share Image
“The traditional illustration of the direct rule-based approach is the “three laws of robotics” concept, formulated by science fiction author Isaac Asimov… — Nick Bostrom Copy Share Image
The literature now is so opaque to the average person that you couldn't take a science-fiction short story that's published now and… — James Cameron Copy Share Image
Unbreakable is a little bit Starship Troopers and a little bit Esmay Suiza, with a dash of Firefly for flavor. W. C.… — Dayton Ward Copy Share Image
More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly… — Lev Grossman Copy Share Image
“He could see the tall, peeling yellow building at the periphery of his range of vision. But something about it struck him… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
The science behind Interstellar is interesting, because some of it is absolutely real astrophysics and orbital mechanics, some of it is theoretical… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
“Watching From Withing protagonist Dr. Jesse Baine says, "The only place I can fathom that is truly private is the space between… — Daniel LaMonte Copy Share Image
“Her mum is leaning against the wall, arms crossed, when Summer exits. “Gage left from here a few minutes ago,” she says,… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“He wanted to grind every Federation world into dust beneath his boot as his army blazed a trail of blood and corpses… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“To write good religious science fiction, or indeed good religious fiction of any kind, is a challenge but one that it would… — Hal G.P. Colebatch Copy Share Image
Science fiction - and the correct shortcut is 'sf' - uses actual scientific facts or theories for the source ideas or framework… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
“In reading Western science fiction, Chinese readers discover the fears and hopes of Man, the modern Prometheus, for his destiny, which is… — Xia Jia Copy Share Image
“When I was a kid, growing up during the 1970s, I used to read a lot of horror and science fiction. I… — Mark Samuels Copy Share Image