Science fiction isn’t just thinking about the world out there. It’s also thinking about how that world might be—a particularly important exercise… — Samuel R. Delany Copy Share Image
“You hunt and catch your own food. Am I correct?" "We are fierce predators of the night," DeChevue said proudly. Edwin tried… — Patrick E. McLean Copy Share Image
The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first… — George R. R. Martin Copy Share Image
“Science fiction writers construct an imaginary future; historians attempt to reconstruct the past. Ultimately, both are seeking to understand the present. In… — Naomi Oreskes Copy Share Image
“He holds her for an eternity. Time cascades into the void of the past. She inhales his scent. Full of man and… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all… — Michael Dirda Copy Share Image
In a sense, fantasy is a freer play of the imagination. You can achieve exactly the situation you want with less groundwork,… — Roger Zelazny 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
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
I do have a collection of mid-century, small-press science fiction and fantasy hardcovers that is my most focused and dedicated collection. Everything… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
Science fiction has its own history, its own legacy of what's been done, what's been superseded, what's so much part of the… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
“The Anadens have a somewhat different perspective on death.” “On account of not having to deal with it, sure. Personally, I think… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“You'd think the very thought of a romance writer would bring a smile to people's lips. Ah, how nice. Love. Making love.… — Jude Deveraux Copy Share Image
“I promised I will always protect you. You've been wounded badly because I've failed to keep that promise. [...] But I won´t… — C.J. Redwine Copy Share Image
“The sands of time blew into a storm of images... Images in sequence to tell the truth! Glorious legends of revolutionaries, bound… — Scott Morse Copy Share Image
“Since we are not yet fully comfortable with the idea that people from the next village are as human as ourselves, it… — Orson Scott Card Copy Share Image
“It was all I could do to keep from lunging across the table and pressing my shuttering lips against his burning flesh.… — Jennifer L. Brown Copy Share Image
I think that our future has lost that capital F we used to spell it with. The science fiction future of my… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I have so many favourite science fiction films. I would say 'Alien' and 'Aliens' are two of my favourite sci-fi films. Also… — Pedro Pascal Copy Share Image
It shouldn't be so difficult to determine what a planet is. When you're watching a science fiction show like 'Star Trek' and… — Alan Stern Copy Share Image
“You can dance. You can make me laugh. You've got x-ray eyes. You know how to sing. You're a diplomat. You've got… — Laurie Anderson Copy Share Image
“Technology won’t protect you from being attacked for fresh water. A badass blade will. Back in Eden where I grew up, the… — Georgia Clark Copy Share Image
I have always been intensely uncomfortable with the idea of a science fiction writer as prophet. Not that there haven't been science… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
Hope's Folly is a rapid-fire romp through futuristic political intrigue and high-risk passion The tug of war between decorum and passion keeps… — Philip K. Jason Copy Share Image
A good writer should be able to write comedic work that made you laugh, and scary stuff that made you scared, and… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“Struggling transforms her captor into a Chinese finger trap. She’s suffocating. Sucking in air without relief. Her lungs expand. Contract. Expand. They… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
It had also been my belief since I started writing fiction that science fiction is never really about the future. When science… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
“He pointed to another number, changing as rapidly as the first, but on a lower trajectory; it rose to a high of… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
“Geeks are not the world’s rowdiest people. We’re quiet and introspective, and usually more comfortable communing with our keyboards or a good… — Angela Korra'ti Copy Share Image
“The single word that directs a person’s fate and ultimately the fates of those she comes in contact with is of course… — Ann Leckie Copy Share Image
Most of what I do is science fiction. Some of the things I do are fantasy. I don't like the labels, they're… — Octavia Butler Copy Share Image
Science fiction [is] the kind of writing that prepares us for the necessary mutations brought about in society from an ever changing… — Walter Mosley Copy Share Image
“Presidential campaigns are on the verge of turning into media contests between master operators of the Internet. What once had been substantive… — Henry Kissinger Copy Share Image
“disrupts socio-technological balance, all scientific advancement due to intelligence overcoming compensating for limitations, can't carry a load so invent wheel, can't catch… — Mordin Solus Copy Share Image
“Whatever you do, please don’t do anything reckless. These are very powerful people, some of which are very dangerous.” She hesitates, then… — Tessa Clare Copy Share Image
My dad was always such a frustrated artist. He always worked very hard to support his family, doing a bunch of ridiculous… — Rainn Wilson Copy Share Image
“Landon drops the bloody knife and stares at Summer like he doesn’t even know her anymore. The truth is, she’ll never be… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“I define science fiction as the art of the possible. Fantasy is the art of the impossible. Science fiction, again, is the… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Today, a science fiction writer looking for a futuristic tale of silicon dominance would not pick upon the chemistry of silicon so… — John D. Barrow Copy Share Image
The things that I've enjoyed most are not really science fiction. They are not much fun to make because there are so… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
![“The best writing advice I had was [in] ‘Heinlein’s Rules for Writers’ by (American science fiction author) Robert A. Heinlein. His first rule is that you must write, and I was already doing that, but his second rule is, ‘You must finish what you write,’ and that had a big impact on me.” quote by George R. R. Martin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/14d/george-r-r-martin-2-926_advice_the-best-writing-advice-i-had-was-in-hei_51395.jpg)
![“Nearly all the writing of our time is likely to disappear in a hundred years. Certainly most readers - and nearly all critics - feel that [Kurt] Vonnegut started to repeat himself, to grow increasingly self-indulgent and meandering, and to sometimes just blather in his later work. But his books up…” quote by Michael Dirda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/ed7/michael-dirda-3414_1960s_nearly-all-the-writing-of-our-time-is-li_13506.jpg)
![“I promised I will always protect you. You've been wounded badly because I've failed to keep that promise. [...] But I won´t fail you in this, Rachel. no matter what has happened. No matter what you've done. No matter what you will do. I will always love you. I swear it.” quote by C.J. Redwine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/fb4/c-j-redwine-13893_defiance_i-promised-i-will-always-protect-you-you_654369.jpg)
![“Science fiction [is] the kind of writing that prepares us for the necessary mutations brought about in society from an ever changing technological world and as a result. The mainstream hasn’t excluded SF; the mainstream has excluded itself. No one told Jules Verne he was a science fiction writer…” quote by Walter Mosley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/f7a/walter-mosley-2810_20th-century_science-fiction-is-the-kind-of-writing-t_2215841.jpg)
