For a genre that's about looking to the future, science fiction has sure been looking backwards lately. Nostalgia is what sells best, with readers spending their money on movie tie-in novels and sequels to long-running series. — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
British and Canadian sci-fi strikes me as more forward-looking than its American counterpart, as evidenced by the success of Iain M. Banks, Charlie Stross, Robert Charles Wilson, and Cory Doctorow. — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
Dad was a difference maker. He reached out to people. He took them by the awe and wonder we feel over the most important… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“The learned must educate the ignorant. Because, according to society, ignorance is never bliss. Except in retrospect. I look back upon my ignorance with… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“We fear the monster's capacity for evil because we recognize it in human hearts.” — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
Astonishingly powerful and poignant, 'Gravity' is the rarest of rares: a space survival film informed by a genuine reverence for the awe-inspiring cosmos we… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
I've met secular humanists who grew up in evangelical households, for whom 'Cosmos' was their first exposure to a scientific way of viewing the… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
It goes back to the starfish. That's when the light bulb really popped over my head. We'd found one on the beach, and I… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
I'm thrilled to be working with the Science Channel. A chance to shine a light on the wonder and exciting possibilities of science with… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
My father was not only a planetary scientist and a great popularizer of science, but he thought very deeply about the world. He was… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“When I think of Simone now, I think of butterfly wings. Beautiful and excruciatingly delicate. Touch them once and they might disintegrate.” — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
We have not been asking the serious questions about the future of our species, questions sci-fi regularly explores by showing us the best and… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
Human divisions would be child's play for any reasonably competent alien overlord to exploit - check the masterful 'Twilight Zone' episode 'The Monsters Are… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
“Blue believes the harmony to be motivated by self-interest. There is a resurgence of faith these days, a growing belief in organized religion, grace,… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
American sci-fi has fallen into the doldrums in part because of the anti-science sentiment that's so prevalent in our culture lately. — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
As a science-fiction writer, I feel my responsibility is to look ahead and see the dangers of what might happen and try to warn… — Nick Sagan Copy Share Image
