Most modern science fiction went to school on 'Dune.' Even 'Harry Potter' with its 'boy protagonist who has not yet grown into… — Gary Ross Copy Share Image
“Lester Dent died thinking his name and works belonged to a pulp past destined to be forgotten. Just a year before his… — Kenneth Robeson Copy Share Image
“The most important rule when assessing abductive arguments is to consider alternative explanations. When we are presented with an explanation that sounds… — Michael E Emmering Copy Share Image
When I grew up, I saw the moon landing, and I was fascinated watching them as a child, and that's what really… — Ronald D. Moore 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
“Will these millions of children, for generations upon future generations, know that some of their atoms cycled through this woman? [...] Will… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
“Blacker than the night, the wedge penetrated the darkness. An F 117 raced by, the roar from its engines screaming through the… — Daniel P. Douglas Copy Share Image
“Have you ever played Maximum Happy Imagination?" "Sounds like a Japanese game show." Kat straightens her shoulders. "Okay, we're going to play.… — Robin Sloan Copy Share Image
“[P]eople only make decisions based on what they know. You can have everyone in the country vote freely and democratically and still… — Tracy Hickman Copy Share Image
I tried to get the word out to people who are information hubs in their communities, because they could propagate the call… — Nalo Hopkinson Copy Share Image
“Maybe none of this is about control. Maybe it isn't really about who can own whom, who can do what to whom… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
“There are cultures on Earth that are more alien than some of the aliens in SF. More extensive quote: "the theme of… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
“His life was now the life of a collector, and that gave it meaning. Evening after evening he would count and arrange… — Karel Čapek Copy Share Image
“James would only look for music composed and performed by humans. Nowadays people didn’t feel the need to learn to play musical… — A.V. Osten Copy Share Image
“The Artificial’s speech pattern was an idiosyncratic mix of awkward and colloquial. It was unexpectedly endearing. “I just have good instincts. Mostly… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“Here, by the grace of God and an inside straight, we have a personality untouched by the psychotic taboos of our tribe… — Robert Heinlein Copy Share Image
“Just because I’m a reporter doesn’t mean I don’t get to have an opinion about people.” “And your opinion of me is?”… — Penny Reid Copy Share Image
Perhaps the rediscovery of our humanity, and the potential of the human spirit which we have read about in legends of older… — Pierre Trudeau Copy Share Image
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We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when… — Gary Kemp Copy Share Image
I would love to see what's going to happen with science fiction with peoples' heads, because we still have people running around… — Leslie Nielsen Copy Share Image
“This is a comment on the “science” in this science fiction novel. I’ve always been partial to science fiction that posed a… — Laurence E. Dahners Copy Share Image
“Lampaxa Vorheridine? My Latin was never very good. What does that Translate to?" "Um, nothing. It wasn't named by an Earth scientist.… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
As a journalist, I would talk to writers, directors, creative people, and discover that for an awful lot of them, the moment… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
“In the illusion of delusion, between madness and lawlessness I exist. I dream about dreams, about illusions and disillusions and cold and… — E.C. Lemus Copy Share Image
“And then swooping back in again, even faster, one long incredible fall through the human-shape of me and this time down past… — Lisa Bunker Copy Share Image
I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
“When I was small, I never wanted to step in puddles. Not because of any fear of drowned worms or wet stockings;… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Well, good science fiction is intelligent. It asks big questions that are on people's minds. It's not impossible. It has some sort… — Nicolas Cage Copy Share Image
When I wrote 'Neuromancer', I had a list in my head of all the things the future was assumed to be which… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
There is a document in every novel in the world. Even in the most fantastic novel, even in science fiction, there is… — Amos Oz Copy Share Image
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“No, Sarah. There's more. There's always more. I won't give you up. I won't! It's not just a game. Midgard is real… — Brandon R. Chinn Copy Share Image
“Every Sunday, the Weavers drove their Oldsmobile east toward Waterloo and pulled into the gravel parking lot of the Cedarloo Baptist Church,… — Jess Walter Copy Share Image
Back when the concept of organ transplants qualified as science fiction, novelist Maurice Renard wrote a thriller called 'Les Mains d'Orlac.' Call… — Kage Baker Copy Share Image
There are two races of people -- men and women -- no matter what women's libbers would have you pretend. The male… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“We have a very short window in which to accomplish a great deal, one measured in minutes rather than hours. “We succeed,… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“So that’s why I say ‘never have anything you can’t walk away from.’ Especially a woman. For them, because this is a… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
The decline in American pride, patriotism, and piety can be directly attributed to the extensive reading of so-called 'science fiction' by our… — Jerry Falwell Copy Share Image
“THE BASTARD STEPCHILD There’s a new kid on the shelves in bookstores these days. Most often he can be found back in… — George R.R. Martin Copy Share Image
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