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title: "Short Science fiction Quotations"
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> [I've had the chance to work with Christopher Plummer, one of the great stage and film actors, a couple of times, including…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-morse/i-ve-had-the-chance-to-work-with-christopher-plummer-one-of-the-great/)

[David Morse](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-morse/)

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> [“For so long considered a second-rate category to other writing genres, Science Fiction should be allotted its true place in literature. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joseph-duda/for-so-long-considered-a-second-rate-category-to-other-writing-genres/)

[Joseph Duda](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joseph-duda/)

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> [It's funny because when I was growing up, I was really into science fiction and fantasy as a kid. And, when I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/john-orloff/it-s-funny-because-when-i-was-growing-up-i-was-really-into-science/)

[John Orloff](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/john-orloff/)

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> [“Everything about us, everything around us, everything we know and can know of is composed ultimately of patterns of nothing; that’s the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/iain-m-banks/everything-about-us-everything-around-us-everything-we-know-and-can/)

[Iain M. Banks](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/iain-m-banks/)

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> [“He felt a psychosomatic rush of emptiness before he spoke. “Since we are getting to the real point, I am not stupid…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dew-platt/he-felt-a-psychosomatic-rush-of-emptiness-before-he-spoke-since-we/)

[Dew Platt](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dew-platt/)

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> [“Science fiction is the arena of the not-yet, and every science fiction story has this element of not-yet-ness — usually a bit…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/welch-everman/science-fiction-is-the-arena-of-the-not-yet-and-every-science-fiction/)

[Welch Everman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/welch-everman/)

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> [ “\[...\]i’m not a leftist trying to smuggle in my evil message by the nefarious means of fantasy novels. I’m a science fiction… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/china-mi-ville/i-m-not-a-leftist-trying-to-smuggle-in-my-evil-message-by-the/)

[China Miéville](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/china-mi-ville/)

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> [“One of the most incredible secrets of science fiction (although one not too closely guarded) is the fact that 99 percent of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stanis-aw-lem/one-of-the-most-incredible-secrets-of-science-fiction-although-one/)

[Stanisław Lem](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stanis-aw-lem/)

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> [“When Children of Dune came out in hardback in 1976, it was an instant best seller. True to the prediction of David…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frank-herbert/when-children-of-dune-came-out-in-hardback-in-1976-it-was-an-instant/)

[Frank Herbert](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frank-herbert/)

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> [“What should we read next?” Bernadette asked. “Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. So let’s do that,” Sylvia said. Are you sure,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/karen-joy-fowler/what-should-we-read-next-bernadette-asked-pride-and-prejudice-is-my/)

[Karen Joy Fowler](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/karen-joy-fowler/)

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> [“In the corner of her eye she caught her daughter’s shoulders drop as Alex exhaled with uncommon soberness. “So you trust me,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/g-s-jennsen/in-the-corner-of-her-eye-she-caught-her-daughter-s-shoulders-drop-as/)

[G.S. Jennsen](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/g-s-jennsen/)

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> [“The day that Levy got his press preview of the iPod, he happened to be meeting Bill Gates at a dinner, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-isaacson/the-day-that-levy-got-his-press-preview-of-the-ipod-he-happened-to-be/)

[Walter Isaacson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/walter-isaacson/)

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> [“The most difficult speculation for a science fiction writer to undertake is to imagine correctly the \*secondary\* implications of a new factor.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/the-most-difficult-speculation-for-a-science-fiction-writer-to/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [I don't think any religion makes any sense and I think people who are into that are really getting duped, and I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-stern/i-don-t-think-any-religion-makes-any-sense-and-i-think-people-who-are/)

[Howard Stern](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-stern/)

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> [ A couple of hundred years from now, maybe \[science fiction writers\] Isaac Asimov and Fred Pohl will be considered the important philosophers… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-minsky/a-couple-of-hundred-years-from-now-maybe-science-fiction-writers/)

[Marvin Minsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-minsky/)

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> [“So, in the end, above ground you must have the Haves, pursuing pleasure and comfort and beauty, and below ground the Have-nots,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/h-g-wells-2/so-in-the-end-above-ground-you-must-have-the-haves-pursuing-pleasure/)

[H.G. Wells](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/h-g-wells-2/)

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> [“What are you about?" said the vehicle as a panel popped open to reveal delicate components. "I am not accustomed to such…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/matthew-hughes/what-are-you-about-said-the-vehicle-as-a-panel-popped-open-to-reveal/)

[Matthew Hughes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/matthew-hughes/)

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> [A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/robert-a-heinlein/a-handy-short-definition-of-almost-all-science-fiction-might-read/)

[Robert A. Heinlein](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/robert-a-heinlein/)

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> [“Standing in front of the white picket fence, I stared at the multitude of champagne roses weaving their hunter green vines gracefully…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/leah-lozano/standing-in-front-of-the-white-picket-fence-i-stared-at-the-multitude/)

[Leah Lozano](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/leah-lozano/)

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> [If you look at the films that I've done generally, you would probably get an idea of what I'm most interested in,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/guy-pearce/if-you-look-at-the-films-that-i-ve-done-generally-you-would-probably/)

[Guy Pearce](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/guy-pearce/)

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> [“«“I meant, tell me all about this steampunk thing!” Gavin broke in. “How does that concept work out for you people, here…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bruce-sterling/i-meant-tell-me-all-about-this-steampunk-thing-gavin-broke-in-how/)

[Bruce Sterling](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bruce-sterling/)

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> [Incidentally, I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the great science fiction writer and biochemist Dr. Isaac Asimov.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kurt-vonnegut/incidentally-i-am-honorary-president-of-the-american-humanist/)

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

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> [Science fiction does not attempt to predict. It extrapolates. It just says, "What if?" not what will be? Because you can never…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arthur-c-clarke/science-fiction-does-not-attempt-to-predict-it-extrapolates-it-just/)

[Arthur C. Clarke](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arthur-c-clarke/)

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> [“There is so much morbo festering between these two sides that they would have to employ a very powerful priest to exorcise…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/phil-ball/there-is-so-much-morbo-festering-between-these-two-sides-that-they/)

[Phil Ball](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/phil-ball/)

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> [“Leela: Why are we listening to them? It is a waste of time. The Doctor; It is difficult to know what will…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/chris-boucher/leela-why-are-we-listening-to-them-it-is-a-waste-of-time-the-doctor/)

[Chris Boucher](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/chris-boucher/)

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> [I'm not the sort of fellow who does the same thing all the time. I began using a lot of science fiction…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jack-kirby/i-m-not-the-sort-of-fellow-who-does-the-same-thing-all-the-time-i/)

[Jack Kirby](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jack-kirby/)

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> [“His mind, grooved through the uncounted ages to ultimate despair, soared up insanely. His legs and arms glistened like tongues of living…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/his-mind-grooved-through-the-uncounted-ages-to-ultimate-despair/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Science Fiction is not just about the future of space ships travelling to other planets, it is fiction based on science and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jean-m-auel/science-fiction-is-not-just-about-the-future-of-space-ships/)

[Jean M. Auel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jean-m-auel/)

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> [“The purpose of a thought-experiment, as the term was used by Schrödinger and other physicists, is not to predict the future -…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ursula-k-le-guin/the-purpose-of-a-thought-experiment-as-the-term-was-used-by-schr/)

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

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> [“Hence the uneasiness which they arouse in those who, for whatever reason, wish to keep us wholly imprisoned in the immediate conflict.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/c-s-lewis-2/hence-the-uneasiness-which-they-arouse-in-those-who-for-whatever/)

[C.S. Lewis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/c-s-lewis-2/)

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> [“He takes two steps back. Closer to the portal. I can't stop myself. "Ben," I call. And I'm not even embarrassed about…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/elizabeth-norris/he-takes-two-steps-back-closer-to-the-portal-i-can-t-stop-myself-ben/)

[Elizabeth Norris](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/elizabeth-norris/)

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> [“Much of what I have done is left unfinished- not because I left it too soon, not because I was lazy, but…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jeanette-winterson/much-of-what-i-have-done-is-left-unfinished-not-because-i-left-it-too/)

[Jeanette Winterson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jeanette-winterson/)

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> [“It is change, continuing change, inevitable change, that is the dominant factor in society today. No sensible decision can be made any…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/isaac-asimov/it-is-change-continuing-change-inevitable-change-that-is-the-dominant/)

[Isaac Asimov](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/isaac-asimov/)

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> ['Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nicolas-cage/knowing-is-one-of-those-movies-where-you-re-going-to-get-the/)

[Nicolas Cage](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nicolas-cage/)

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> [Science fiction is fantasy about issues of science. Science fiction is a subset of fantasy. Fantasy predated it by several millennia. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/raymond-e-feist/science-fiction-is-fantasy-about-issues-of-science-science-fiction-is/)

[Raymond E. Feist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/raymond-e-feist/)

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> [I think I've actually benefited from Australia being a kind of combination of both British and American culture. We kind of got…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/garth-nix/i-think-i-ve-actually-benefited-from-australia-being-a-kind-of/)

[Garth Nix](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/garth-nix/)

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> [“We inhabit, in ordinary daylight, a future that was unimaginably dark a few decades ago, when people found the end of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rebecca-solnit/we-inhabit-in-ordinary-daylight-a-future-that-was-unimaginably-dark-a/)

[Rebecca Solnit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rebecca-solnit/)

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> [“Those things you dote on are no more human than the Neverborn in my flasks. They are golems of meat and muscle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/josh-reynolds/those-things-you-dote-on-are-no-more-human-than-the-neverborn-in-my/)

[Josh Reynolds](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/josh-reynolds/)

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> [Technically and logically speaking, actual Victorian science fiction writers cannot be dubbed 'steampunks.' Although they utilized many of the same tropes and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-di-filippo/technically-and-logically-speaking-actual-victorian-science-fiction/)

[Paul Di Filippo](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-di-filippo/)

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> [“The Deepest Night\* As we lay asleep within our suspended animation chambers - living coffins our thoughts chase each other as they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/david-m-green/the-deepest-night-as-we-lay-asleep-within-our-suspended-animation/)

[David M. Green](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/david-m-green/)

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## Top authors on Science fiction

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b003/author-alan-titchmarsh-10400.jpg) G.S. Jennsen 64 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/g-s-jennsen/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b020/author-ray-bradbury-77494.jpg) Ray Bradbury 45 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/ray-bradbury/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-ursula-k-le-guin-92948.jpg) Ursula K. Le Guin 31 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/ursula-k-le-guin/)
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- [Laura Kreitzer 30 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/laura-kreitzer/)
- [Michael Monroe 27 quotes](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/michael-monroe/)
- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b024/author-william-gibson-95436.jpg) William Gibson 25 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/science-fiction/william-gibson/)
- [ ![](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": "“What should we read next?” Bernadette asked. “Pride and Prejudice is my favorite. So let’s do that,” Sylvia said. Are you sure, dear?” Jocelyn asked, I am. It’s time. Anyway, Persuasion has the dead mother. I don’t want to subject Prudie to that now. The mother in Pride and Prejudice on the other hand…” Don’t give anything away,” Grigg said. “I haven’t read it yet.” Grigg had never read Pride and Prejudice. Grigg had never read Pride and Prejudice. Grigg had read The Mysteries of Udolpho and God knows how much science fiction – there were books all over the cottage – but he’d never found the time or inclination to read Pride and Prejudice. We really didn’t know what to say.”",
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                        "text": "“«“I meant, tell me all about this steampunk thing!” Gavin broke in. “How does that concept work out for you people, here in Brazil?” “You don’t know about steampunk?” shouted Xavier, dubiously. “Well, I don’t read many novels! Because I’m kinda fully-booked already! But, obviously, you’re a science fiction writer at a Futurist conference! And I can see that you’re all dressed up like some fancy guy from the past, from the 19th century! So what gives with that? What is all that about?”»”",
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                        "text": "Incidentally, I am honorary president of the American Humanist Association, having succeeded the great science fiction writer and biochemist Dr. Isaac Asimov. John Updike, who is religious, says I talk more about God than any seminarian. Socialism is, in fact, a form of Christianity, people wishing to imitate Christ.",
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                        "text": "Science fiction does not attempt to predict. It extrapolates. It just says, \"What if?\" not what will be? Because you can never predict what will happen, particularly in politics and economics. You can to some extent predict in the technological sphere - flying, space travel, but even there we missed badly on some things, like computers. No one imagined the incredible impact of computers, even though robot brains of various kinds but the idea that one day every house would have a computer in every room and that one day we'd have computers built into our clothing, nobody ever thought of that.",
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                        "text": "'Knowing' is one of those movies where you're going to get the spectacle, and you're going to have the entertainment in the grand science fiction tradition. But also, it will perhaps stimulate some discussion to help you sort out on your own where you might choose to go in terms of your own needs. Now, I say that without preaching.",
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                        "text": "I think I've actually benefited from Australia being a kind of combination of both British and American culture. We kind of got the best of both British and American television and books, science fiction and fantasy, and so on. So I'm familiar with a lot of, for example, American books and television that a British author of my generation might not be.",
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                        "text": "Technically and logically speaking, actual Victorian science fiction writers cannot be dubbed 'steampunks.' Although they utilized many of the same tropes and touchstones employed later by twenty-first-century writers of steampunk, in their contemporary hands these devices represented state-of-the-art speculation.",
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                        "text": "“The Deepest Night* As we lay asleep within our suspended animation chambers - living coffins our thoughts chase each other as they entwine together With our bodies separated by a transparent aluminum partition our minds connected telepathically hug and kiss as we continue to love each other At the end of our thousand lightyear journey when our bodies awake - thaw out - become warm again within each others arms We’ll find ourselves our passions burning all the hotter forever brighter into a supernova our love shall blossom within the deepest night Copyright David M. Green 2014”",
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