I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live. — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
“Read books when you are free, read minds when you are'nt…but do read...” — Rabindranath Tagore Copy Share Image
Traditionally, the science fiction reader has been the 16- to 24-year-old male, especially the male with an interest in technology. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
“Improving intelligence is possible, but it is more likely to occur if children are given the right experiences at the right ages.” — Dennis Garlick Copy Share Image
“Truth or dare...truth ain't fair. Marshal Robert Quantrell - Belle Starr: Dead Man's Hand (work in progress)” — Belinda McBride Copy Share Image
“I would wish you gods speed but I don’t want you to waste time looking for him.” — Steve Merrick Copy Share Image
“She's qualified all right. She understands robots like a sister—comes from hating human beings so much, I think.” — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
'Star Wars' is a grand soap opera, and 'Star Trek' is about technology, they tried to explain the reality of it, as… — Robert Kazinsky Copy Share Image
“By the time the Somnambulist had set her creaking bones to rest on their assigned landing pad, Holden had lost all patience… — James S.A. Corey Copy Share Image
“If you have people do some magic, impossible thing by stroking a talisman or praying to a tree, it's fantasy; if they… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
A lot of times, you think of things as being science fiction, but the creation of the ideas makes you want to… — Peggy Whitson Copy Share Image
The idea of science fiction, mythology, and creating a world is my favourite thing. I do love the reality of dramas and… — Hannah John-Kamen Copy Share Image
I've always been kind of a mutt creatively. I started off in journalism, and I've actually done more police and procedural shows… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“Jane woke, stretched, and decided to kill herself. If she hadn’t found a reason to live by the end of the day… — Adam Baker Copy Share Image
“What is it in humans that makes us so eager to believe ill of one another? ... What makes us so hungry… — Mary Doria Russell Copy Share Image
Being a fan of science fiction, I collect a lot of science fiction art work and so if you go to my… — Len Wiseman Copy Share Image
“Sometimes I think Earth has got to be the insane asylum of the universe. . . and I'm here by computer error.… — Forrest J. Ackerman Copy Share Image
“A group of giant insectoid creatures floated to the area near the stage. One of them spoke in a series of clicks… — David Agranoff Copy Share Image
“I was worried about sex," he went on. "But you know what, Sulie? It's like being told I can't have any caviar… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
“In Scientology, we believe that bad science fiction is so much more, than just bad science and bad fiction; it’s the basis… — Terence Thirteen Copy Share Image
“Aurelia, not all those women are uppity aristocratic bitches. Most of them are normal nice girls trying to survive in shark-infested waters,… — Therisa Peimer Copy Share Image
“...[T]he only means I have to stop ignorant snobs from behaving towards genre fiction with snobbish ignorance is to not reinforce their… — Ursula K. Le Guin Copy Share Image
Physics has entered a remarkable era. Ideas that were once the realm of science fiction are now entering our theoretical and… — Lisa Randall Copy Share Image
First-rate science fiction was, and remains, more interesting than second-rate art. — Clive James Copy Share Image
“We do not stop. You all took the oath to come here. Hard work lies before us in breeding our new community.… — Donna Galanti Copy Share Image
A science fiction writer should try to combine the intimately human with the grandly cosmic. — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
I'm not actually that bothered about the 'science fiction-ness' of 'Doctor Who.' — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“Achieving real, lasting change is much harder than firing weapons at a defined enemy,’ she said.” — Fay Abernethy Copy Share Image
“We don’t get to choose what happens to us—but we always get to choose how we react to it.” — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
One futuristic novel that had a huge impact on me was Mary Shelley's 'Frankenstein,' which is kind of science fiction plus Gothic. — Jennifer Egan 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
[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
As a science fiction fan, the Nebula Award and the Hugo Award mean a lot to me. — Liu Cixin 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
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
“When I think about science fiction turning into reality, the development of Space has been the most profound transition.” — Steven Magee Copy Share Image
“...but there's always he'll want to torture your boss anyway. Just recreationally, I mean." "Wow that would be terrific," I said” — Robert Kroese 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
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
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