I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The… — Jack L. Chalker Copy Share Image
As a senior editor at Tor Books and the manager of our science fiction and fantasy line, I rarely blog to promote… — Patrick Nielsen Hayden Copy Share Image
I can see why you like it here," he said,making a sweeping gesture that encompassed Kyle's collection of movie posters and science… — Cassandra Clare Copy Share Image
It's interesting - I think superheroes get much more unfair derision. There are so many good superhero books being done. Science fiction… — Brian K. Vaughan Copy Share Image
“When I think of war, I see blood. Pain and suffering. Nothing good comes from war. But there is good. There will… — Hafsah Laziaf Copy Share Image
Science-fiction ... can be defined as: Imaginative extrapolation of true natural phenomena, existing now, or likely to exist in the future. — Hugo Gernsback Copy Share Image
Many science-fiction writers, such as Gregory Benford, are working scientists. Many others, such as Joe Haldeman, have advanced degrees in science. Others,… — Robert J. Sawyer Copy Share Image
We've had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we've had novels where India is dominant, and I suppose it's all about… — Alastair Reynolds Copy Share Image
“The storage capacity of the average human brain is two-hundred and fifty-six exabytes. However, the average adult human only uses approximately one… — Michael Monroe Copy Share Image
I was on a panel with light skinned Blacks and a famous gay science fiction writer, who were complaining about how Blacks… — Ishmael Reed Copy Share Image
“The Novoloume gazed in interest around the cabin. “So the whispers are true—Kats, SAIs and Humans have come to join with the… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
For those who resist the notion that the mainstream is a genre, we recommend that they browse the shelves of their local… — James Patrick Kelly Copy Share Image
“When the last days were upon me, and the ugly trifles of existence began to drive me to madness like the small… — H. P. Lovecraft Copy Share Image
As a youngster, I read of Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon. As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction. And… — Buzz Aldrin Copy Share Image
“I gazed at these marvels in profound silence. Words were utterly wanting to indicate the sensations of wonder I experienced. I seemed,… — Jules Verne Copy Share Image
I have confused ideas of deity, heavily influenced by mind-altering years of reading science fiction, that do not often trouble me, but… — Michael Chabon Copy Share Image
I landed a job with Roger Corman. The job was to write the English dialogue for a Russian science fiction picture. I… — Francis Ford Coppola Copy Share Image
Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human,… — Ted Chiang Copy Share Image
“As they walked, it seemed almost every building had some similar contrivance as decoration, adorning the street in a cacophony of clangs,… — A.F. Stewart Copy Share Image
I hate to tell you this, but you will never actually go to a galaxy far, far away and encounter Darth Vader.… — Margaret Atwood Copy Share Image
I just read the scripts that come to me, and I see the ones which I really kind of understand and connect… — Asa Butterfield Copy Share Image
“Caches of data are being recovered all the time. Why, just the other day, I heard that we now had complete texts… — Dan Abnett Copy Share Image
Science fiction is the ugly stepchild of mainstream literature, and fantasy is the ugly stepchild of science fiction, and tie-in novels are… — R. A. Salvatore Copy Share Image
“[ Fahrenheit 451 ] is a book of warning. It is a reminder that what we have is valuable, and that sometimes… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
I seem to offend everybody. I just never got into the universe. I don't seem to have a tremendous amount of discipline… — Marc Maron Copy Share Image
“If her daughter’s ship had been disintegrated in space there would never be evidence of it, never an answer to what had… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
Ridley Scott's 'Prometheus' is a magnificent science-fiction film, all the more intriguing because it raises questions about the origin of human life… — Roger Ebert Copy Share Image
“Just in case you’re wondering,” Gage says, breaking the silence, “this alliance of ours doesn’t mean I like you.” “Feeling’s mutual.” Julian… — Laura Kreitzer Copy Share Image
“Sometimes people say that we're living in the future, and time's up for science fiction, but I think that never will be,… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on… — Joss Whedon 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
“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
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
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
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
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
“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
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
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
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