“One day I found him amid large packages from which spilled attractive, glossy paperbacks with mythical covers. He had tried to use,… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
In a dispassionate comparison of the relative values of human and robotic spaceflight, the only surviving motivation for continuing human spaceflight is… — James Van Allen Copy Share Image
In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting… — David Twohy 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
Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Most people have made this mistake of thinking Middle-earth is a particular kind of earth or is another planet of the science… — J. R. R. Tolkien Copy Share Image
Science fiction makes the implausible possible, while science fantasy makes the impossible plausible. — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator...… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
“I’ve always wondered though,” Orn mused aloud, “what does God need with a starship?” “Are you going to make that stupid quip… — Sabrina Zbasnik Copy Share Image
Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us,… — Michael Shermer Copy Share Image
“ALS is like a lit candle: it melts your nerves and leaves your body a pile of wax.. you cannot support yourself… — Mitch Albom Copy Share Image
I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs'… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
“Paradise grew from simple dust. From the destruction of the old came new life and new opportunities, yet everything was still made… — K.R. Gadeken Copy Share Image
Science fiction writers aren't fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes. — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I grew up reading comic books, pulp books, mystery and science fiction and fantasy. I'm a geek; I make no pretensions otherwise.… — David S. Goyer Copy Share Image
In 'Nier Automata', the protagonists are androids, not humans, and that's very common in a Science Fiction story. — Yoko Taro Copy Share Image
“When I was a kid, growing up during the 1970s, I used to read a lot of horror and science fiction. I… — Mark Samuels Copy Share Image
“I tell you it's deadly when you start thinking your wife might be right.” — Isaac Asimov 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
Fantasy/science-fiction stories have been around almost as long as each genre, but every hybrid now lives in the shadow of 'Star Wars.' — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
“Rosewater was twice as smart as Billy, but he and Billy were dealing with similar crises in similar ways. They had both… — Kurt Vonnegut Copy Share Image
“Never mess with the Fez.” —Heather Peaceout, Black Fez, Second Order” — Richard Due Copy Share Image