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title: "6 Fiction Future Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/science-fiction-has-never-been-about-the-future-it-s-always-been/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3ce/robert-j-sawyer-3858_day_science-fiction-has-never-been-about-the_792750.jpg)

> [ \[The Muse of our Fiction of the future\] will lead you - if you are humble and honest with her - straight… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-norris/the-muse-of-our-fiction-of-the-future-will-lead-you-if-you-are-humble/)

[Frank Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-norris/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/daf/frank-norris-28716_action_the-muse-of-our-fiction-of-the-future-wi_852780.jpg)

> [Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-a-gill/science-fiction-is-never-about-the-future-in-the-same-way-history-is/)

[A. A. Gill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-a-gill/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2c5/a-a-gill-3415_examining_science-fiction-is-never-about-the-futur_1138474.png)

> [“science fiction is not about the future but about the possibilities inherent in the present.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/judith-b-kerman/science-fiction-is-not-about-the-future-but-about-the-possibilities/)

[Judith B. Kerman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/judith-b-kerman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f46/judith-b-kerman-250880_science_science-fiction-is-not-about-the-future_1479836.jpg)

> [I think that our future has lost that capital F we used to spell it with. The science fiction future of my…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-think-that-our-future-has-lost-that-capital-f-we-used-to-spell-it/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/377/william-gibson-642_america_i-think-that-our-future-has-lost-that-ca_2312785.png)

> [The American West is just arriving at the threshold of its greatness and growth. Where the West of yesterday is glamorized in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/lyndon-b-johnson/the-american-west-is-just-arriving-at-the-threshold-of-its-greatness/)

[Lyndon B. Johnson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/lyndon-b-johnson/)

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