“Science Fiction properly conceived, like all serious fiction, however funny, is a way of trying to describe what is going on, what… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
“Mind you, I do recall that Salman Rushdie actually came second in a science fiction writing competition organized by Gollancz in the… — Terry Pratchett Copy Share Image
I started reading fantasy and science fiction and writing fantasy and science fiction when I was - when I started junior high… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Humans would never tell the simple truth when a lie was available....” — Karen Traviss Copy Share Image
“Dye a specsuit any color other than the original red, and any stalker would put down five hundred for it without batting… — Arkady and Boris Strugatsky Copy Share Image
My model for Kirk was Horatio Hornblower from the C.S. Forester sea stories. Shatner was open-minded about science fiction and a marvelous… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“Quote from Frontiers: "Regardless of what happened, it was definitely going to be an exciting time for everyone, the day humanity first… — Jeff W. Horton Copy Share Image
We've had nine classes together since Kindergarten... ten if you count Religion of Other Cultures, which you didn't because you called it… — Easy A Copy Share Image
“If a picture on the wall can remember, you remember that this is not the first time. If a picture on the… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
I think there's always been a traditionally apocalyptic side to British science fiction, from H.G. Wells onwards. I mean, most of Wells'… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
For reasons probably related to the popular vision of Albert Einstein and, also, the threat posed by black holes in comic books… — Rainer Weiss Copy Share Image
I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment, and… — Joe Flanigan Copy Share Image
I'm tired of being considered a lesbian writer, tired of being a science-fiction writer, tired of being a thriller writer. I'm a… — Nicola Griffith Copy Share Image
There's no doubt that scientific training helps many authors to write better science fiction. And yet, several of the very best were… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“Lately I have come to believe that the principle difference between Heaven and Hell is the company you keep there....” — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
“Just like the cosmonauts and their pee plants, all we have is each other.” — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The future. Space travel, or cosmology. Alternate universes. Time travel. Robots. Marvelous inventions. Immortality. Catastrophes. Aliens. Superman. Other dimensions. Inner space, or… — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
“When you find a truth that surpasses your desire to fit trends and meet approval, you can be certain it’s worth fighting… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
“Life is a sewer and we are all but swimmers within it. Smart people do the backstroke. (In other words you gotta… — Stephen B. Pearl Copy Share Image
It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations. — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
“What?" The dread in her tone told Rob she knew what. "How much longer?" "Thirty seconds." She laughed with a panicked urgency.… — Will McIntosh Copy Share Image
“Let us say that science fiction is a kind of conceptual disorientation of the familiar.” — Adam Roberts Copy Share Image
