“Ransolm gave her his most winning smile. It was, he knew, a good one, highly effective on most women and more than… — Claudia Gray Copy Share Image
I have never been a fan of science fiction. For me, fiction has to explore the combinatorial possibilities of people interacting under… — Steven Pinker Copy Share Image
Printing novel DNA might open the way to achievements once only conceivable in science fiction: designer bacteria that can produce new chemicals,… — Scott Gottlieb Copy Share Image
When I was fifteen, my father gave me a first edition copy of Ray Bradbury's magnificent work, 'The Martian Chronicles.' I had… — Thomas Steinbeck Copy Share Image
“Sighing, he settled into his chair, watching the vision of space at his front. It was stoic, calm, and never ending—deadly, if… — Kiersten Fay Copy Share Image
I'm very lucky in that I was inspired by science fiction while I was a little kid, and I was interested in… — Wil Wheaton Copy Share Image
The box jellyfish takes you into an area of what I'd call science fiction. You feel like you've been dipped in hot… — Diana Nyad Copy Share Image
I think a lot of kids get scared by 'E.T.' Sometimes when I do the science-fiction conventions, I'll have a 35-year-old guy… — Dee Wallace Copy Share Image
“Solum invoked a sensation akin to lingering déjà vu in the wake of a dream. It was not Earth. Its city-planet architectural… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“A face stared up at her from the mirror beside her hand. Was that really what she looked like? Was that really… — P.C. Hodgell Copy Share Image
“The ceiling shattered, and the vacuum created yanked her into the air. Her face grazed a shard of the ceiling as it… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“Fantasy and science fiction are closely allied in publishing, since both categories posit worlds that are not reality. The SF editor is… — David G. Hartwell Copy Share Image
“Time isn't an orderly stream. Time isn't a placid lake recording each of our ripples. Time is viscous. Time is a massive… — Charles Yu Copy Share Image
“Later, we shall see that if it were possible to exceed the speed of light, we could construct time machines capable of… — Brian Cox Copy Share Image
“In one blow, that dream died as they dragged me—him—away. A tear slid down my cheek. I wasn't the only one mourning… — Kimberly Kinrade Copy Share Image
“Just because your electronics are better than ours, you aren't necessarily superior in any way. Look, imagine that you humans are a… — George Alec Effinger Copy Share Image
I ended up working on "Chicago Hope" and other things, but always with the idea that, eventually, I would want to take… — Remi Aubuchon Copy Share Image
Predicting has a spotty record in science fiction. I've had some failures. On the other hand, I also predicted the fall of… — David Brin Copy Share Image
All ideas about identity, of course, fit perfectly into the social media wonderland we live in. They seem to really connect. There's… — Vijay Seshadri Copy Share Image
“In sum, every pore of his being oozed one thing…okay, FINE. Every pore oozed two things. The first was irrelevant. The second… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
The only science fiction I have written is Fahrenheit 451. It's the art of the possible. Science fiction is the art of… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The… — Larry Niven Copy Share Image
Horror is one of the few genres - romance and comedy are the other two that come to mind - that's all… — Stephen R. Bissette Copy Share Image
Science fictions are suppressed only when likely to contribute more knowledge and freedom than the defensive orthodoxies they challenge. — Timothy Leary Copy Share Image
I have heard Science Fiction and Fantasy referred to as the fiction of ideas, and I like that definition, but it's the… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
It's one of those things that if I was smart enough to explain it in words, I wouldn't have had to make… — Don Hertzfeldt Copy Share Image
“i can wait wait wait..to go to the other side of life..but dis wait seems like d rainbow in the night..so dat… — sunil sharma Copy Share Image
“Degree of conformance to our other beliefs. One of our criteria for the assessment of explanations is coherence with our existing beliefs.” — Michael E Emmering Copy Share Image
I could write historical fiction, or science fiction, or a mystery but since I find it fascinating to research the clues of… — Jean M. Auel Copy Share Image
“Assume Nothing! Keep your friends close and your enemies closer! Never Forget! Live every day to the fullest! Never take anything for… — J.K. Kelly Copy Share Image
“Money is a tool we use to reach certain ends. Nothing more, nothing less. It’s hard to come by, though, so when… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
We are in a tech-heavy society, plunging headlong into an unknown future. Science fiction is what allows you to stand back and… — J. Michael Straczynski Copy Share Image
“So the scale law rules out the familiar idea of worlds-within-worlds found in science fiction, that is, the idea that inside the… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Babylon 5 is probably the biggest, most ambitious television science fiction series ever made. It's one big novel told over five years… — Bill Mumy Copy Share Image
“Science Fiction is a collection of guerrilla bands each challenging the rights of the others to belong to the centrality. The band… — R.A. Lafferty Copy Share Image
“Ray Bradbury’s entire oeuvre exemplifies the crumbling of SCIENCE FICTION into the open interplay of science fiction, fantasy and horror.” — Hal Duncan Copy Share Image
I think a lot of people are frightened of technology and frightened of change, and the way to deal with something you're… — Iain Banks Copy Share Image
I could never write about strange kingdoms. I could never do Harry Potter or anything like that. Even when I did science-fiction,… — Richard Matheson Copy Share Image
“Observation had always meant more to me than interaction...My sole gift or talent, I believe now, was that places could impress themselves… — Jeff VanderMeer Copy Share Image
I'm not the best audience for that because I'm not a great science-fiction fan. I just never got off on space ships… — Gary Oldman Copy Share Image
