If you talk about genres - I don't care if you're talking about war, Westerns, science fiction, horror, fantasy, humor, romance -… — Michael Uslan Copy Share Image
When I was a young man in school, I used to read science fiction and really liked it. And as I became… — Douglas Trumbull Copy Share Image
“But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of extreme popularity for science fiction. If… — David Eddings Copy Share Image
“She thought he might have said her name, but it was background radiation accompanying the hum in her ears and the symphony… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
War has always been a part of science fiction. Even before the birth of SF as a standalone genre in 1926, speculative… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“US Constitution is unconstitutional.” – Circuit Judges Alfred T. Goodwin and Stephen Reinhardt, Federal Appeals Court, San Francisco, 2002 (overturned) “US Constitution… — Austin Dragon Copy Share Image
“The demise of the human race rests mainly on the shoulders of stupidity, and the abuse of power in the hands of… — A.R. Merrydew Copy Share Image
Every kid I meet who's a reader has got something like that, their fantasy world. And science fiction is the best, especially… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
“The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
“But Time Lords always travel in the T – in their Spectrels, don't they?" "Only if absolutely necessary." "You what?" "It's another… — Mark Speed Copy Share Image
I grew up as an artist. Science fiction allows for design and creatures and guns and all the stuff that I like… — Neill Blomkamp Copy Share Image
“Red, orange and green geometric designs painted its body as well as the flimsy collar around its neck. The creature flicked its… — Marcha A. Fox Copy Share Image
Having a super-brain does not suddenly make you a dictator of the world. So we don't have to fear the scenarios of… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
“Zombies are not just fictional creatures that devour the flesh of the living. They also include those who follow the words of… — Joseph McGinnis Copy Share Image
“When I started reading the literature of molecular biology, I was stunned by certain descriptions. Admittedly, I was on the lookout for… — Jeremy Narby Copy Share Image
“Those deep set eyes that look like they could tell stories for days, and that wavy brown hair that feels soft between… — Elizabeth Norris Copy Share Image
In hard-core science fiction in which characters are responding to a change in environment, caused by nature or the universe or technology,… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
“The epiphany machine will not discover anything about you that you do not, in some way, already know. But think for a… — David Burr Gerrard Copy Share Image
“path is only a name for a place where you find yourself. Where you're going on it is only a story. Where… — John Crowley Copy Share Image
Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they… — C. S. Lewis Copy Share Image
There's an awful lot of hanging around when you're doing science fiction. Going down and waiting for them to set up, being… — John Hurt Copy Share Image
I didn't read comic books, growing up. I was more of a science fiction/fantasy novel guy. I loved reading Edgar Rice Burroughs'… — Jesse L. Martin Copy Share Image
There were four major 20th-century science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury. Of those four,… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
As a boy, my favorite show was 'Superman' and my favorite movie was 'Star Wars' - along with other science fiction shows… — J. August Richards Copy Share Image
“Genres are what holds each story together and help it along, but in no way should it ever be treated as a… — Lauren Lola Copy Share Image
“To describe a kiss is to describe a diary entry or a pair of underwear—each is personal and private, slightly awkward. Very… — Caroline George Copy Share Image
“I felt like a character in a science fiction story, trapped in someone else's body, articulating someone else's words. To be frank,… — Philip Palmer Copy Share Image
“The moment stretches out to an eternity in her green eyes, and I can picture being together with this girl until the… — Ken Alexopoulos Copy Share Image
“Learning a language promoted the first tender shoots of intercultural understanding. People became familiar with previously alien concepts and, as a consequence,… — Fay Abernethy Copy Share Image
In 1955, when I'd write a science-fiction novel, I'd set it in the year 2000. I realised around 1977 that, 'My God,… — Philip K. Dick Copy Share Image
Physics is often stranger than science fiction, and I think science fiction takes its cues from physics: higher dimensions, wormholes, the warping… — Michio Kaku Copy Share Image
Science fiction is never about the future, in the same way history is rarely about the past: they're both parable formats for… — A. A. Gill Copy Share Image
My model for Kirk was Horatio Hornblower from the C.S. Forester sea stories. Shatner was open-minded about science fiction and a marvelous… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
“...this is the essence of science fiction, the conceptual dislocation within the society is generated in the author's mind, transferred to paper,… — Philip K Dick Copy Share Image
In a lot of Western science fiction, you need some form of conflict, whether it's aliens or robots. I think in Western… — Cynthia Breazeal Copy Share Image
Ideas and philosophies change just as machines do. Religions changed because of the birth control pill. Politics changes because of the hydrogen… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
The planet has a fever. If your baby has a fever, you go to the doctor. If the doctor says you need… — Al Gore Copy Share Image
The novels that get praised in the NY Review of Books aren't worth reading. Ninety-seven percent of science fiction is adolescent rubbish,… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
“If quantum mechanics is how reality structures itself, then the world is far weirder than we think. It is truly a wonderful… — Stavros Halvatzis Copy Share Image
“It's Halloween, you can tell everyone you're going as your favorite Steampunck character." "I don't even know what that is!" "Because your… — Girl vs Monster Copy Share Image
