Fiction Quotes by Alastair Reynolds

I don't like a lot of what's published as hard SF. Much of it is right-wing, reactionary crap.

— Alastair Reynolds

My mother was a part of a reading group, but they would never come near science fiction because they think it's not…

— Alastair Reynolds

For me, the distant future and far-off galaxies is where it's at. That's where my imagination can really come out to play.

— Alastair Reynolds

I'm not actually that bothered about the 'science fiction-ness' of 'Doctor Who.'

— Alastair Reynolds

Science fiction can be very relevant, could be good literature.

— Alastair Reynolds

I always like Iain Banks science fiction stuff and William Gibson's cyberpunk stuff from the 1980s.

— Alastair Reynolds

A lot of science fiction is very accessible and very readable, but a lot of people are justifiably put off by the…

— Alastair Reynolds

I'm always a little bit cautious around invented terminology because so much science fiction is off-putting to the uninitiated. You open up…

— Alastair Reynolds

I don't know why, but American sci-fi writers seem to focus on the near-future, which has given us Brits a clear run…

— Alastair Reynolds

Speaking for myself, I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate…

— Alastair Reynolds

There are similarities between historical novels and science fiction. Being thrown into the Napoleonic Wars is just as much of a different…

— Alastair Reynolds

Science fiction writers aren't short of ideas. You can read a book, and it sets off a chain of thought processes, so…

— Alastair Reynolds

I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction…

— Alastair Reynolds

We've had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we've had novels where India is dominant, and I suppose it's all about…

— Alastair Reynolds

I'm a genre writer - I chose to be one, I ended up one, I still am one, and I'm not writing…

— Alastair Reynolds

One of the dangers of science fiction, particularly bad science fiction, is that you have these scenes where the characters turn to…

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I had - and continued to have - great fun exploring the Revelation Space universe, but it was always clear to me…

— Alastair Reynolds

I've been enthralled by deep vistas of space and time ever since watching George Pal's film of 'The Time Machine,' while an…

— Alastair Reynolds

As a science fiction writer, it's hard to think of a more stirring theme than the origin and ultimate destiny of life…

— Alastair Reynolds