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title: "Popular Science fiction Wisdom"
description: "Browse 2,584 Science fiction quotes by 1,260 authors. Discover the best Science fiction sayings and thoughts."
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> [No one was going to stop me from writing and no one had to really guide me towards science fiction. It was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/octavia-butler/no-one-was-going-to-stop-me-from-writing-and-no-one-had-to-really/)

[Octavia Butler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/octavia-butler/)

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> [I never think about genre when I work. I've written fantasy, science fiction, supernatural fiction, and am now working on a suspense…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-hand/i-never-think-about-genre-when-i-work-i-ve-written-fantasy-science/)

[Elizabeth Hand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-hand/)

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> [“The fire crackled. On Jutaire, without oxygen, the fire is different. Fed by different air. Maybe it wishes it were orange, for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hafsah-laziaf/the-fire-crackled-on-jutaire-without-oxygen-the-fire-is-different-fed/)

[Hafsah Laziaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hafsah-laziaf/)

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> [“The sound came again. There was a whistle to it, and a moan. It was almost a hiss, and it could’ve been…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cherie-priest/the-sound-came-again-there-was-a-whistle-to-it-and-a-moan-it-was/)

[Cherie Priest](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cherie-priest/)

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> [“Even in forgetting there is an aspect of recollection, a faded few moments of wispy consciousness clung like webs in high-vaulted chambers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeffrey-panzer/even-in-forgetting-there-is-an-aspect-of-recollection-a-faded-few/)

[Jeffrey Panzer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeffrey-panzer/)

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> [“For the first time in his life, Michael understood why real soldiers coming back from real wars often had a hard time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-dashner/for-the-first-time-in-his-life-michael-understood-why-real-soldiers/)

[James Dashner](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-dashner/)

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> [“Her husband's visage captivated her from the first moment she saw him step out of the royal carriage a hundred years ago.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/therisa-peimer/her-husband-s-visage-captivated-her-from-the-first-moment-she-saw-him/)

[Therisa Peimer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/therisa-peimer/)

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> ['Fringe' is one of my favorite television shows, from its inception. I absolutely love all of the science fiction of it, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jill-scott/fringe-is-one-of-my-favorite-television-shows-from-its-inception-i/)

[Jill Scott](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jill-scott/)

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> [When 'Blade Runner' came out, and especially, even actually when 'Alien' came out, it kind of changed how all science fiction movies…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-gunn/when-blade-runner-came-out-and-especially-even-actually-when-alien/)

[James Gunn](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-gunn/)

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> [“Once, in a cheap science fiction novel, Fat had come across a perfect description of the Black Iron Prison, but set in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-k-dick/once-in-a-cheap-science-fiction-novel-fat-had-come-across-a-perfect/)

[Philip K. Dick](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-k-dick/)

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> [“Open Letter to Neil Armstrong" Dear Neil Armstrong, I write this to you as she sleeps down the hall. I need answers…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mike-mcgee/open-letter-to-neil-armstrong-dear-neil-armstrong-i-write-this-to-you/)

[Mike McGee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mike-mcgee/)

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> [The 'medium' is unaware of its attractiveness, that's all. Everyone loves comics. I've proven this to my own satisfaction by handing them…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grant-morrison/the-medium-is-unaware-of-its-attractiveness-that-s-all-everyone-loves/)

[Grant Morrison](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grant-morrison/)

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> [I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then it's been a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gary-numan/i-did-an-album-a-long-time-ago-called-replicas-which-was-entirely/)

[Gary Numan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gary-numan/)

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> [Boys do not evaluate a book. They divide books into categories. There are sexy books, war books, westerns, travel books, science fiction.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-golding/boys-do-not-evaluate-a-book-they-divide-books-into-categories-there/)

[William Golding](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-golding/)

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> [“I know that I am going to meet a personal variation on reality; a partial view of reality. But I know also…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/i-know-that-i-am-going-to-meet-a-personal-variation-on-reality-a/)

[Ursula K. Le Guin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ursula-k-le-guin/)

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> [“The art of fiction has not changed much since prehistoric times. The formula for telling a powerful story has remained the same:…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ben-bova/the-art-of-fiction-has-not-changed-much-since-prehistoric-times-the/)

[Ben Bova](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ben-bova/)

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> [I'm always a little bit cautious around invented terminology because so much science fiction is off-putting to the uninitiated. You open up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alastair-reynolds/i-m-always-a-little-bit-cautious-around-invented-terminology-because/)

[Alastair Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alastair-reynolds/)

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> [Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/science-fiction-has-never-been-about-the-future-it-s-always-been/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

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> [Maybe the search for life shouldn't restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/maybe-the-search-for-life-shouldn-t-restrict-attention-to-planets/)

[Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/)

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> [I like to come back to the science fiction of Stanislaw Lem. He is comforting but also funny, and although I know…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/olga-tokarczuk/i-like-to-come-back-to-the-science-fiction-of-stanislaw-lem-he-is/)

[Olga Tokarczuk](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/olga-tokarczuk/)

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> [“The screech of tyres, an almighty bang and a car exploded through the playground wall like a high-velocity bullet through a watermelon.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kev-heritage/the-screech-of-tyres-an-almighty-bang-and-a-car-exploded-through-the/)

[Kev Heritage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kev-heritage/)

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> [I am honorary President of the American Humanist Society, having succeeded the late, great science fiction writer Isaac Asimov in that utterly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/i-am-honorary-president-of-the-american-humanist-society-having/)

[Kurt Vonnegut](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kurt-vonnegut/)

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> [“The Extinction of the Human Race now underway. Watch it live as it happens - Is it too late to stop it?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-mathiesen/the-extinction-of-the-human-race-now-underway-watch-it-live-as-it/)

[Michael Mathiesen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-mathiesen/)

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> [In older science fiction stories, they had to rely on storytelling as opposed to spectacle. The old run of the 'Twilight Zone,'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-trank/in-older-science-fiction-stories-they-had-to-rely-on-storytelling-as/)

[Josh Trank](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-trank/)

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> [The thing that's interesting about science fiction is that it is always, when it is done well, a lens on our world.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/simon-kinberg/the-thing-that-s-interesting-about-science-fiction-is-that-it-is/)

[Simon Kinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/simon-kinberg/)

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> [I think science fiction gives us a wonderful toolkit to disassemble and reexamine this kind of incomprehensible, constantly changing present that we…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-gibson/i-think-science-fiction-gives-us-a-wonderful-toolkit-to-disassemble/)

[William Gibson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-gibson/)

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> [I actually am grateful for Freddy Krueger, because the big surprise to me - with that sort of double punch of science…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-englund/i-actually-am-grateful-for-freddy-krueger-because-the-big-surprise-to/)

[Robert Englund](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-englund/)

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> [Something like 'Alien,' that was not so easy. If there's any genre I wouldn't mind not having to do anymore, it would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-hurt/something-like-alien-that-was-not-so-easy-if-there-s-any-genre-i/)

[John Hurt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-hurt/)

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> [When I started publishing - my first novel came out in 1990 - there were no options for publishing science fiction in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-j-sawyer/when-i-started-publishing-my-first-novel-came-out-in-1990-there-were/)

[Robert J. Sawyer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-j-sawyer/)

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> [It's often better to read first-rate science fiction than second-rate science - it's far more stimulating, and perhaps no more likely to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-rees/it-s-often-better-to-read-first-rate-science-fiction-than-second-rate/)

[Martin Rees](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-rees/)

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> [“I think you have bits of Primord in your hair...And you look …bloody...You look a mess, Halíka...But you are still the most…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexandra-may/i-think-you-have-bits-of-primord-in-your-hair-and-you-look-bloody-you/)

[Alexandra May](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexandra-may/)

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> [“When the emergency brappers went of they did what any dedicated, well-trained and quick-minded Service personnel would do; they paniced. From the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-r-donaldson/when-the-emergency-brappers-went-of-they-did-what-any-dedicated-well/)

[Stephen R. Donaldson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-r-donaldson/)

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> [Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/brit-marling/science-fiction-has-a-way-of-letting-you-talk-about-where-we-are-in/)

[Brit Marling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/brit-marling/)

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> [In all my science fiction movies, I try to blend the familiar with the futuristic so as not to be too off-putting…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-twohy/in-all-my-science-fiction-movies-i-try-to-blend-the-familiar-with-the/)

[David Twohy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-twohy/)

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> [Science fiction was rocket-mad for about 40 years until aerospace hit a brick wall about 1970. I would not write off space…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/charles-stross/science-fiction-was-rocket-mad-for-about-40-years-until-aerospace-hit/)

[Charles Stross](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/charles-stross/)

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> [The history of science fiction started in the caves 20,000 years ago. The ideas on the walls of the cave were problems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ray-bradbury/the-history-of-science-fiction-started-in-the-caves-20-000-years-ago/)

[Ray Bradbury](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ray-bradbury/)

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> [Even though I knew pretty early that I was going to be a scientist, it wasn't the science that interested me in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/steven-weinberg/even-though-i-knew-pretty-early-that-i-was-going-to-be-a-scientist-it/)

[Steven Weinberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/steven-weinberg/)

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> [“The first book to use the term ‘science fiction’ in the title was also a vintage paperback, an anthology called The Pocket…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pradeep-sebastian/the-first-book-to-use-the-term-science-fiction-in-the-title-was-also/)

[Pradeep Sebastian](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pradeep-sebastian/)

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> [There were probably, what, 300 science-fiction members in the SFWA, of whom probably a hundred were active members in the sense that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jerry-pournelle/there-were-probably-what-300-science-fiction-members-in-the-sfwa-of/)

[Jerry Pournelle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jerry-pournelle/)

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> [They have an amazing proliferation of TV channels now: The all-cartoon channel, the 24-hour-science fiction channel. Of course, to make room for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dennis-miller/they-have-an-amazing-proliferation-of-tv-channels-now-the-all-cartoon/)

[Dennis Miller](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dennis-miller/)

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## Top authors on Science fiction

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- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-arthur-c-clarke-14877.jpg) Arthur C. Clarke 22 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/arthur-c-clarke/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b012/author-isaac-asimov-44668.jpg) Isaac Asimov 21 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/isaac-asimov/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b019/author-orson-scott-card-72779.jpg) Orson Scott Card 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/orson-scott-card/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alastair-reynolds-10455.jpg) Alastair Reynolds 19 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/alastair-reynolds/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b004/author-anacharsis-12573.jpg) Frederik Pohl 17 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/frederik-pohl/)

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                        "text": "When 'Blade Runner' came out, and especially, even actually when 'Alien' came out, it kind of changed how all science fiction movies were designed after that. And that was a really great thing. Now we're watching a lot of movies that are Xeroxes of Xeroxes of Xeroxes of Xeroxes of 'Blade Runner.'",
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                        "text": "“Once, in a cheap science fiction novel, Fat had come across a perfect description of the Black Iron Prison, but set in the far future. So if you superimposed the past (ancient Rome) over the present (California in the twentieth century) and superimposed the far future world of The Android Cried Me a River over that, you got the Empire, as the supra- or trans-temporal constant. Everyone who had ever lived was literally surrounded by the iron walls of the prison; they were all inside it and none of them knew it.”",
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                        "text": "“Open Letter to Neil Armstrong\" Dear Neil Armstrong, I write this to you as she sleeps down the hall. I need answers I think only you might have. When you were a boy, and space was simple science fiction, when flying was merely a daydream between periods of History and Physics, when gifts of moon dust to the one you loved could only be wrapped in your imagination.. Before the world knew your name; before it was a destination in the sky.. What was the moon like from your back yard? Your arm, strong warm and wrapped under her hair both of you gazing up from your back porch summers before your distant journey. But upon landing on the moon, as the earth rose over the sea of tranquility, did you look for her? What was it like to see our planet, and know that everything, all you could be, all you could ever love and long for.. was just floating before you. Did you write her name in the dirt when the cameras weren't looking? Surrounding both your initials with a heart for alien life to study millions of years from now? What was it like to love something so distant? What words did you use to bring the moon back to her? And what did you promise in the moons ear, about that girl back home? Can you, teach me, how to fall from the sky? I ask you this, not because I doubt your feat, I just want to know what it's like to go somewhere no man had ever been, just to find that she wasn't there. To realize your moon walk could never compare to the steps that led to her. I now know that the flight home means more. Every July I think of you. I imagine the summer of 1969, how lonely she must have felt while you were gone.. You never went back to the moon. And I believe that's because it dosen't take rockets to get you where you belong. I see that in this woman down the hall, sometimes she seems so much further. But I'm ready for whatever steps I must take to get to her.I have seem SO MANY skies.. but the moon, well, it always looks the same. So I gotta say, Neil, that rock you landed on, has got NOTHING on the rock she's landed on. You walked around, took samples and left.. She's built a fire cleaned up the place and I hope she decides to stay.. because on this rock.. we can breath. Mr. Armstrong, I don't have much, many times have I been upside down with trauma, but with these empty hands, comes a heart that is often more full than the moon. She's becoming my world, pulling me into orbit, and I now know that I may never find life outside of hers. I want to give her EVERYTHING I don't have yet.. So YES, for her, I would go to the moon and back… But not without her. We'd claim the moon for each other, with flags made from sheets down the hall. And I'd risk it ALL to kiss her under the light of the earth, the brightness of home... but I can do all of that and more right here, where she is..And when we gaze up, her arms around ME, I will NOT promise her gifts of moon dust, or flights of fancy. Instead I will gladly give her all the earth she wants, in return for all the earth she is. The sound of her heart beat and laughter, and all the time it takes to return to fall from the sky,down the hall, and right into love. God, I'd do it every day, if I could just land next to her. One small step for man, but she's one giant leap for my kind.”",
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                        "text": "The 'medium' is unaware of its attractiveness, that's all. Everyone loves comics. I've proven this to my own satisfaction by handing them out to acountants, insurance brokers, hairdressers, mothers of children, black belts, pop stars, taxi drivers, painters, lesbians, doctors etc. etc. The X-Files, Buffy, the Matrix, X-Men - mainstream culture is not what it once was when science fiction and comics fans huddled in cellars like Gnostic Christians dodging the Romans. We should come up into the light soon before we suffocate.",
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                        "text": "I did an album a long time ago called 'Replicas,' which was entirely science-fiction driven, or science-fantasy. Since then it's been a song here, a song there. It's not really a constant theme. I've written far more about my problems with religion, with God and all that.",
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                        "text": "Boys do not evaluate a book. They divide books into categories. There are sexy books, war books, westerns, travel books, science fiction. A boy will accept anything from a section he knows rather than risk another sort. He has to have the label on the bottle to know it is the mixture as before.",
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                        "text": "“The Extinction of the Human Race now underway. Watch it live as it happens - Is it too late to stop it? Search \"Extinction Live Mathiesen\" on Amazon”",
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