“I can't go back," said Towser. "Nor I," said Fowler. "They would turn me back into a dog," said Towser. "And me,"… — Clifford D. Simak 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
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
God, how that stings! I've spent a lifetime loving science fiction and now I find that you must expect nothing of something… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
In the past, it was only in science fiction novels that you could read about ordinary people being able to go to… — Nursultan Nazarbayev Copy Share Image
I can't do fiction unless I visualize what's going on. When I began to write science fiction, one of the things I… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“Her pulse raced, pounding in her ears above the howling wind. A wave of dizziness crashed over her with the rapid flood… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
Science fiction is an untouched genre as far as Indian cinema is concerned. 'Mangal Ho' is a beginning of this genre and… — Sanjay Mishra Copy Share Image
“Technos and clerics have much in common. Both take a world that can’t be fully understood and try to explain its fundamental… — Dan Ronco Copy Share Image
“You know, I think some people fear that if they like the wrong kind of book, it will reflect poorly on them.… — Elizabeth Gilbert Copy Share Image
“One of the most incredible secrets of science fiction (although one not too closely guarded) is the fact that 99 percent of… — Stanisław Lem Copy Share Image
“Everything about us, everything around us, everything we know and can know of is composed ultimately of patterns of nothing; that’s the… — Iain M. Banks Copy Share Image
“He felt a psychosomatic rush of emptiness before he spoke. “Since we are getting to the real point, I am not stupid… — Dew Platt Copy Share Image
“Science fiction is the arena of the not-yet, and every science fiction story has this element of not-yet-ness usually a bit… — Welch Everman Copy Share Image
“[...]i’m not a leftist trying to smuggle in my evil message by the nefarious means of fantasy novels. I’m a science fiction… — China Miéville Copy Share Image
“When Children of Dune came out in hardback in 1976, it was an instant best seller. True to the prediction of David… — Frank Herbert 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
“Social dynamic theory is philosophy, not politics. There can't be only one correct answer, or there would only be one book." Sharon… — Sharon L. Reddy Copy Share Image
So I wrote what I hoped would be science fiction, I was not at all sure if what I wrote would be… — Robert Sheckley 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
“Cam shook his head. 'Do you ever listen to how much crazy shit comes out of your mouth?' 'Nope.' I hooked my… — Lisa Henry Copy Share Image
Metaphysics attempts to discover the ultimate nature of reality, and in this sense, the innerspace of science fiction is metaphysical fiction. — Kate Wilhelm Copy Share Image
The oft-heard comment that Leonardo [da Vinci]'s genius managed to transcend the culture of his time is amply justified. But his was… — Lucio Russo Copy Share Image
In 'Cosmicomics,' I came close to science fiction - I was inspired by cosmological subjects and the workings of the universe and… — Italo Calvino Copy Share Image
“My first sale was of a record review of Pink Floyd’s The Final Cut that was in 1983. My first national sale… — Michael McCarty Copy Share Image
“Time is the worst place, so to speak, to get lost in, as Arthur Dent could testify, having been lost in both… — Douglas Adams Copy Share Image
This epidemic of student demands for 'safe places' to protect against threatening words and ideas would make a great science fiction film,… — Tom Tancredo Copy Share Image
'Blade Runner' was one of several dystopian science-fiction films to tank in the early and middle '80s. 'Tron,' 'The Dark Crystal,' 'The… — Richard Corliss Copy Share Image
Humor is rare in science fiction... there's so little of it that it automatically reminds you of other heroes with that acerbic… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
Science fiction doesn’t try to predict the future, but rather offers a significant distortion of the present…We sit around and look at… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“Deep in the recesses of her mind, she knew they were probably watching. They watched everything, after all. Let them watch. Let… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
If I had unlimited funds, wall space and storage, I would collect a lot more things, like 'Planet of the Apes,' 'Star… — Kirk Hammett Copy Share Image
“Well, I guess [2001: A Space Odyssey] legitimized [science fiction], particularly for people who looked down on science fiction; you know, the… — Arthur C. Clarke Copy Share Image
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science… — Thomas Mallon Copy Share Image
“As with most of the future worlds in the science fiction, you are not talking about the future. You are talking about… — Alan Moore Copy Share Image
Fantasy and science fiction stories are very applicable to talking to your children about the world. They tend to talk about the… — Stephen H. Segal Copy Share Image
All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it is magnetic to… — Frank Herbert Copy Share Image
And I desperately needed books that would take me out of my environment and show me a world where being smart and… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
“Right? I don’t know why I did it. Temporary insanity, maybe. Did you ever do something that makes absolutely no sense, but… — Robyn Mundell Copy Share Image
There's always been a quality to being a science-fiction reader. Usually, you're the only one in your class, or there are only… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
![“[...]i’m not a leftist trying to smuggle in my evil message by the nefarious means of fantasy novels. I’m a science fiction and fantasy geek. I love this stuff. And when I write my novels, I’m not writing them to make political points. I’m writing them because I passionately love monsters and the…” quote by China Miéville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/1d4/china-mi-ville-1303_science_i-m-not-a-leftist-trying-to-smuggle-in-m_343278.jpg)
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