“Blood drummed in her ears and adrenaline coursed through her veins, driving her to move. To act. Her hands trembled against his… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“Vasquez faced off Vince. “We’ll meet in hell for sure.” Vince didn’t blink. “I have a condo there waiting for me. You’re… — Barry Kirwan Copy Share Image
I love science fiction, but I have a hard time feeling for characters in a galaxy far away. Choosing movies is the… — Leonardo DiCaprio Copy Share Image
Science fiction is really sociological studies of the future, things that the writer believes are going to happen by putting two and… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“This has serveral consequences, starting with screwing over most cryptography algorithms--translation: all your bank account are belong to us--” — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
After the founding of the People's Republic in 1949, science fiction became a tool for popularizing scientific knowledge, and its main intended… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
Where is the world whose people don't prefer a comfortable, warm, and well-worn belief, however illogical, to the chilly winds of uncertainty. — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I'm sure they do great… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“I know, i know. You're afraid of making mistakes. Don't be. Mistakes can be profited by. Man, when I was younger I… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
I had to jump around in the arts for a while just to survive. I earned a little money here and there,… — Alan Arkin Copy Share Image
Jack Campbell's dazzling new series is military science fiction at its best. Not only does he tell a yarn of great adventure… — Catherine Asaro Copy Share Image
“Okay, this is formally beyond fiction.” Sherri began rocking on the bed. She laughed uncomfortably. “Is there a category beyond fiction? Science… — Gary Williams Copy Share Image
“So much contempt for your own species." "Yes, contempt! If you had seen what I have seen, watched what a human may… — Chris Wraight Copy Share Image
Science fiction is any idea that occurs in the head and doesn't exist yet, but soon will, and will change everything for… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“The finest SF comes to grips with life's mysteries, with our resentments against our own natures and our limited societies. It does… — George Zebrowski Copy Share Image
“Elijah blinked in dazzling sunlight and took a deep breath. The sweet-pepper scent of meadow grass told him immediately where he was.… — Sharon Sant Copy Share Image
From my point of view, 'Stranger in a Strange Land' isn't just a science fiction masterpiece; it also happens to be one… — Bonnie Hammer Copy Share Image
“She burst into her hotel room pulling her blouse over her head with one hand while she yanked her shoes off with… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
Sometimes people talk about conflict between humans and machines, and you can see that in a lot of science fiction. But the… — Ray Kurzweil Copy Share Image
I don't think of myself as being particulary a subversive writer, but I like to think that my work could afford someone… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
In science fiction, we dream. In order to colonize in space, to rebuild our cities, which are so far out of whack,… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
Science fiction literature's focus is on ideas, the concept of change, and the impact on humanity. Those concepts are hard to capture… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Unfortunately, in many cases, people who write science fiction violate the laws of nature, not because they want to make a point,… — Isaac Asimov Copy Share Image
I was attracted to science fiction because it was so wide open. I was able to do anything and there were no… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Science fiction offers an intensely bracing angle of view for writers to adopt, especially in a time of constant innovation and crisis,… — John Clute Copy Share Image
Time travel used to be thought of as just science fiction, but Einstein's general theory of relativity allows for the possibility that… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
I personally just want to do as many different things as I can do, whether it's comedy, drama, science fiction, horror, narrator...… — Colin Farrell Copy Share Image
“Do you love me?” His voice rang flat in his own ears, deadened and weighted with the recognition there was only one… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely… — Joan D. Vinge Copy Share Image
The wages Haiti requires by law belong in the department of science fiction: actual wages on coffee plantations vary from $.07 to… — Eduardo Galeano Copy Share Image
Because some of my at-home life was rough and lonely, I often looked to escape into my imagination. Science fiction provided a… — Keahu Kahuanui Copy Share Image
I think that science fiction has a distinct therapeutic value because all of it has as its primary postulate that the world… — Robert A. Heinlein Copy Share Image
“If you can read the book and say, ‘Space Marines, YEEEAAAHHH!’ That’s Military Science Fiction.” (Brigham Young writing lecture, March 2012)” — Brandon Sanderson Copy Share Image
“You wanna know what’s happening to New York?” he asked. “I tell you what you do. You go to a used-magazine store,… — Donald E. Westlake Copy Share Image
I'm terribly particular about what I read: lush writing, secondary world or seriously far-out science fiction, strong worldbuilding, dynamic characters. I need… — Kameron Hurley Copy Share Image
Most of the female characters I admire come from science fiction and fantasy, maybe because there's more permission to shake up gender… — Leigh Bardugo Copy Share Image
Seldom does a storytelling talent come along as potent and fully mature as Mike Brotherton. His complex characters take you on a… — David Brin Copy Share Image
“They’re only askin’ you to do one thing. From what Rogue says, you ain’t exactly reluctant.” “F**k myself into a coma. Sure,… — Michelle O'Leary Copy Share Image
“Fantasy involves that which general opinion regards as impossible; science fiction involves that which general opinion regards as possible under the right… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“I would have liked to experience more of the heptapods' worldview, to feel the way they feel. Then, perhaps I could immerse… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
