“When I think about science fiction turning into reality, the development of Space has been the most profound transition.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“And she laughed, a full octave, descending from high C like chimes.” — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Science fiction's power, if it has any, is that it gives us reasonable extrapolations, not wild and woolly stuff. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I like science fiction. I am quite a technologically kind of up-to-date person. I like seeing what the new developments are. — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“He holds her with the strength of a million-man army, but with all the tenderness of her heart lying naked in the… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
There are trappings of science fiction which I kind of embrace, but there are also cliches which I run from. — David Twohy Copy Share Image
“It gets kind of zen after awhile, life is a journey, time is a river, the door is ajar.” — Jim Butcher Copy Share Image
Without science fiction, without the influence these books have had on me over the years, I'm not sure I would care much… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“She felt a soft brush of lips against her forehead, heard the other woman murmur, "Sleep now, chére." Chére, Hannah though. Cherished.… — Hillary Jordan Copy Share Image
Historically, I guess that's how science fiction works: you start by using aliens to think the unthinkable and then, eventually, another… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
I probably would never be able to direct a comedy because I'm not that funny. I don't have that funny bone in… — Luke Scott Copy Share Image
I'm not really a science-fiction fan, I quite like the idea of getting away from the science-fiction side of it, for two… — Sarah Sutton Copy Share Image
I had bohemian parents in Seattle in the last '60s living in a houseboat. My dad wrote science fiction novels and painted… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
I have never listened to anyone who criticized my taste in space travel, sideshows or gorillas. When this occurs, I pack up… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“What you mons making all the racket about? You wake me again and I’ll put the voodoo hex on you. All you… — Ellen Dawn Benefield Copy Share Image
“[Telzey] took out a pocket edition law library and sat down at the table. She clicked on the library's viewscreen, tapped the… — James H. Schmitz Copy Share Image
“Science Fiction is a group of symptoms and not a disease,” so a medical student (failed) told me once. “It's like the… — R.A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
“Coordinates streamed into her mind while she yanked on her environment suit, foregoing every safety check she’d ever learned. ‘Alex, we will… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“We’re a nonviolent collective working to undermine the Trust and free the Badlands. Once the Trust is exposed as lying and corrupt,… — Georgia Clark Copy Share Image
As a result of reading science fiction when I was eight, I grew up with an interest in music, architecture, city planning,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Today, we know that time travel need not be confined to myths, science fiction, Hollywood movies, or even speculation by theoretical physicists.… — Clifford A. Pickover Copy Share Image
“There are some themes, some subjects, too large for adult fiction; they can only be dealt with adequately in a children's book.… — Philip Pullman Copy Share Image
“His punch knocked her back a meter into the wall. His fist had moved of his own volition, carrying a rage and… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“It was not the first time Diin Ṛũl had destroyed a galaxy.” — Bert-Oliver Boehmer Copy Share Image