“A teleporting cat! Is she yours?" Dr. Daniel McCleod. "Suki” — Ellen Dawn Benefield Copy Share Image
Battlestar' could sound like whatever I wanted it to sound like, because in the science fiction environment, there are no rules. — Bear McCreary Copy Share Image
I've always been a fan of science fiction films, and I've never been able to put my particular spin on it. — Ivan Reitman Copy Share Image
Well I don't think of myself as like a horror or science fiction filmmaker. I just think of myself as a filmmaker. — Panos Cosmatos Copy Share Image
“Funny story. A bunch of people -- the cult -- blame the appearance of abilities on the invention of the internet.” — Alex Lane Copy Share Image
I was always fascinated by science-fiction shows, shows like 'Star Trek' and 'Lost in Space.' — Michael P. Anderson Copy Share Image
“I am constantly amazed by how much stranger science is than science fiction” — Marcus Chown Copy Share Image
And I grew up on a steady diet of science fiction, especially apocalyptic and postapocalyptic fiction. — Justin Cronin Copy Share Image
Fantasy is the impossible made probable. Science Fiction is the improbable made possible. — Rod Serling Copy Share Image
I have no formal training as a writer at all, not even a single English class in college. However, my adult books… — Scott Westerfeld Copy Share Image
Scientists are embarrassed by science fiction; they want to distance themselves as much as possible. ... I think there's nothing to be… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
The idea that, you know - when I was growing up - that everybody would carry around a portable communicating device, that… — Paul Allen Copy Share Image
I read mostly science-fiction and fantasy when I was a teenager, and I was always drawn to stories where the characters had… — Ruth Glick Copy Share Image
I think of science fiction as being part of the great river of imaginative fiction that has flowed through English literature, probably… — J. G. Ballard Copy Share Image
“Orcs do not have enemies.” Monde tried to search for the proper term, “We have…adversaries.” “Isn’t that the same thing?” “Depends on… — Sabrina Zbasnik Copy Share Image
“Death and his scythe do not come. No sweeping black capes or ethereal escapes. There’s no pearly gate, no prisms of colors… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“From what I can see of humans, you often destroy wonderful things in the pursuit of something that your delusions make you… — A.L. Davroe 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
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
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
“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
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