Whenever I read a contemporary literary novel that describes the world we're living in, I wait for the science fiction tools to… — William Gibson Copy Share Image
I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to… — Brit Marling Copy Share Image
“I was his heartbeat. I was his fucking universe. Now I was, but soon I wouldn't be. I would miss that, miss… — Lisa Henry Copy Share Image
Good science fiction is always based in contemporary truths. One of the themes is the overextension of credit, the nature of being… — Forest Whitaker 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
“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
The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm . . . But in order to be an iconoclast, an author… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
By isolating the issues of race, gender, sexual orientation, climate change, environment, governance, economics, catastrophe and whatever other problems the present embodies… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it… — James Gunn Copy Share Image
One of the nice things about 'Redshirts' getting onto the actual best-seller list, and doing as well as it has been doing,… — John Scalzi Copy Share Image
So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one… — Poul Anderson Copy Share Image
One of the advantages of having gone to Penn State was having had a scholar for a mentor - Philip Young. Also,… — David Morrell Copy Share Image
For me, the best thing about Cyberpunk is that it taught me how to enjoy shopping malls, which used to terrify me.… — Rudy Rucker Copy Share Image
There are so many stories to tell in the worlds of science fiction, the worlds of fantasy and horror that to confine… — Seth Grahame-Smith 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
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
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
“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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
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
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
“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
