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title: "2 Fiction Predicting Quotes by 2 authors"
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> [I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what's to come, so I think…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/conor-oberst/i-like-science-fiction-arthur-c-clarke-philip-k-dick-and-vonnegut-and/)

[Conor Oberst](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/conor-oberst/)

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> [“People think--wrongly--that speculative fiction is about predicting the future, but it isn’t; or if it is, it tends to do a rotten job of it. Futures are huge things that come with many elements and a billion variables, and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/neil-gaiman/people-think-wrongly-that-speculative-fiction-is-about-predicting-the/)

[Neil Gaiman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/neil-gaiman/)

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