Science fiction Quotes by Terry Pratchett

13 Science fiction quotes by Terry Pratchett

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Pratchett’s signature humor peeks through in a short collection of thirteen lines that blend sci‑fi concepts with his unmistakable wit. It’s a quick stop for anyone craving a laugh alongside a speculative twist.

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When I was a kid, I read the science-fiction shelves, and I read the fantasy shelves.

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Science fiction is fantasy with bolts painted on outside.

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I got into science fiction by being interested in astronomy first.

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“We're living in science fiction, but we don't realize it.”

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I was a very keen reader of science fiction.

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We live in a science fiction universe. We have done for a long time.

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[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're…

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I was a very keen reader of science fiction, and during the time I was going to libraries, it was good, written…

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I discovered fantasy and science fiction when I was about 10, and read nothing else for about three years. I ran out…

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The most watched programme on the BBC, after the news, is probably 'Doctor Who.' What has happened is that science fiction has…

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It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science…

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I really wish that peoplewould just say, 'Yes, it's a comic. Yes, this is fantasy. Yes, this is Science Fiction,' and defend…

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“Mind you, I do recall that Salman Rushdie actually came second in a science fiction writing competition organized by Gollancz in the…

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You can't trust folk songs. They always sneak up on you.

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Either dragons should exist completely or fail to exist at all, he felt. A dragon only half-existing was worse than the extremes.

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“Magrat wondered what it was like, spending your whole life doing something you didn’t want to do. Like being dead, she considered, only worse,…

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“There were more old people. The world was full of them,' said the wizard. 'Yes, I know. And now it's full of young people.…

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“Hobson was big and heavyset, but not exactly fat; he was probably what you’d get if you shaved a bear.”

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