The fatal error of much science fiction has been to subscribe to an optimism based on the idea that revolution, or a… — Brian Aldiss Copy Share Image
“Scent is like a kiss of time travel which transports one to an ancient memorable occasion.” — Evans Biya Copy Share Image
I grew up watching science fiction with my dad. It was kind of our little secret. It was our bonding time as… — Katee Sackhoff Copy Share Image
“Howling duststorms of nuclear ashes. Human and animal bone powder. Flakes and fragments of the destroyed world. Filthy tempests of death. I… — C.J. Anderson Copy Share Image
Many of the concepts we once thought belonged to speculation or science fiction are now part of our understood reality. — Michael Helm Copy Share Image
A good science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at… — Theodore Sturgeon Copy Share Image
I think science fiction helps us think about possibilities, to speculate - it helps us look at our society from a different… — Mae Jemison Copy Share Image
“I have a problem,’ said Nikolai Nikolaivitch Asterinov, getting to his feet. ‘I have a problem, that I wish to share with… — Adam Roberts Copy Share Image
If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic. — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
If it has horses and swords in it, it's a fantasy, unless it also has a rocketship in it, in which case… — Debra Doyle Copy Share Image
“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
“Science fiction long assimilated the notion that any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic (much to its benefit), while fantasy long… — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of… — Honor Harger Copy Share Image
“Funny story. A bunch of people -- the cult -- blame the appearance of abilities on the invention of the internet.” — Alex Lane Copy Share Image
“An innocent breath of life comes from the deep of all darkness! It just takes a moment, an instant and right after,… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image
It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction. — Cory Doctorow Copy Share Image
“I stoped reading science fiction once I saw that the UFO was real. It became science fact that just hasn't been proven… — Mike Bird Copy Share Image
“Her vision came into focus and again this time the trees crackled and mocked her. You’re going to die you silly bitch,… — Kim Cormack Copy Share Image
“The Linux world behaves in many respects like a free market or an ecology, a collection of selfish agents attempting to maximize… — Eric S. Raymond Copy Share Image
Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“The red tongues that went licking up my heap of wood were an altogether new and strange thing to Weena.” — H.G. Wells Copy Share Image
“But he doesn't see what's so great about leaving your mark on things. You have a life and then it ends and… — M. R. Carey Copy Share Image
Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction. — Jimi Hendrix Copy Share Image
“In Mere Christianity, no less than in his more fantastical works, the Narnia stories and science fiction novels, Lewis betrays a deep… — C.S. Lewis Copy Share Image