“Daniel, I was asked of a budding author, how do you know if your story is on track? My answer: I start… — Daniel LaMonte Copy Share Image
The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
The science behind Interstellar is interesting, because some of it is absolutely real astrophysics and orbital mechanics, some of it is theoretical… — Julie Payette Copy Share Image
“You've never been to another planet, have you Aimee?" "No, but I've been to Disney World.” — Maureen A. Miller Copy Share Image
“And suddenly, the earth was an alien place, and she a voyager without sure destination.” — Rodgers Clemens Copy Share Image
If poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world, science fiction writers are its court jesters. We are Wise Fools who can… — Bruce Sterling Copy Share Image
“...hence the very best science fiction ultimately winds up being a collaboration between author and reader, in which both create - and… — Philip K Dick Copy Share Image
“A metric fuckton of dumb so epically mind-destroyingly beyond a bad idea that there's not a chance they would go there.” — Andrea K. Höst Copy Share Image
“Paulo noticed the creature’s swift and frantic breathing and the drop of red staining the ground beneath, but above all he saw… — Pedro Barrento Copy Share Image
I gravitated to Judy Blume early on. 'Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing' was my favorite, with a realistic and relatable protagonist… — Jeff Kinney Copy Share Image
“I can’t help but ask, “Do you know where you are?” She turns to me with a foreboding glare. “Do you?” — Nathan Reese Maher Copy Share Image
“I'm a scientist. It's not about sides or parties; I'm with whoever has the best data.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
You cannot create new science unless you realize where the old science leaves off and new science begins, and science fiction forces… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets. — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“- I didn't seduce her! OK, I didn't know exactly what I was doing. It seemed like fun and then... well, THAT… — Momchil Yoskov Copy Share Image
I feel like science fiction is so much more mainstream now than it has been. And I feel like thats because technology… — Alaina Huffman Copy Share Image
In America, there are people who don't read science fiction but still think about tomorrow, so it's not only the force of… — Neil deGrasse Tyson Copy Share Image
“He takes two steps back. Closer to the portal. I can't stop myself. "Ben," I call. And I'm not even embarrassed about… — Elizabeth Norris Copy Share Image
I never could read science fiction. I was just uninterested in it. And you know, I don't like to read novels where… — James D. Watson Copy Share Image
“Science fiction is held in low regard as a branch of literature, and perhaps it deserves this critical contempt. But if we… — Alvin Toffler Copy Share Image
A lot of what the 'Culture' is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
In period pieces or genre pieces, those have to be set in historical truths. But, science fiction has different game pieces. And… — Tamlyn Tomita Copy Share Image