“How long the party lasted Forrester did not know. He remembered a long harangue in which the drunken ballet dancer was trying… — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
“Two men who had never seen each other before and would not likely see each other again. But their sincerity and sweetness,… — Alan Lightman Copy Share Image
I do think that science fiction ideas are best expressed through visual media like film and TV. Realist literature depicts things that… — Liu Cixin Copy Share Image
Most difficult thing in the world, to write a play. Do you know the story of Shaw at the Fabian society? H.G.… — Peter O'Toole Copy Share Image
I guess...on one hand, I spent way too much time watching science fiction and reading science fiction when I was growing up.… — Moby Copy Share Image
“Not that he wanted to say that. It would make it sound as if he wanted to blame her.. Women were very… — Peter David Copy Share Image
“Don’t go near that elevator—that’s just what they want us to do…trap us in a steel box and take us down to… — Austin Dragon Copy Share Image
“Ten more minutes of walking, he guessed, and the bridge seemed to be no nearer. He was too cold to shiver. His… — Neil Gaiman Copy Share Image
My first encounter with science fiction was reading the work of H.G. Wells when I was nine or ten, and I don't… — Philip Reeve Copy Share Image
“Try to think of it as though we are rewriting history––the first time this experience occurred you and I never kissed in… — Ross Caligiuri Copy Share Image
“For my money, noir boils down to bleak humanism – or, to put it more plainly: shit options, bad decisions, and dire… — Chris F. Holm Copy Share Image
Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem… — Lawrence M. Krauss Copy Share Image
“Beyond the queues, the vacancy screens listed jobs in a multitude of languages. Invariably, they were low-paid and short-term dead-ends. Nearby, people… — Mark Cantrell Copy Share Image
“It suddenly occurred to me just how absurd this scene was: a guy wearing a suit of armor, standing next to an… — Ernest Cline Copy Share Image
I grew up a really nerdy kid. I read science fiction and fantasy voraciously, for the first 16 years of my life.… — Jon Spaihts Copy Share Image
It's been suggested that most women fail to write significantly because the female mind is viscerotonic, and occupied almost exclusively with the… — Alfred Bester Copy Share Image
“When I look back now, I realize what a trial I must have been to my friends and relatives. It was one… — Ray Bradbury Copy Share Image
“Intense sunlight rained down on a half-submerged city. Waves crashed between buildings that stood like waterlogged tombstones. Skyscrapers of smashed glass and… — Kev Heritage Copy Share Image
And we should keep our minds open, or at least ajar, to concepts on the fringe of science fiction. Flaky American futurologists… — Martin Rees Copy Share Image
“People gravitated here for the open air, the prolific intoxicants and the visual treats. They made the deals here that were later… — G.S. Jennsen Copy Share Image
“Reality is incredibly larger, infinitely more exciting, than the flesh and blood vehicle we travel in here. If you read science fiction,… — Gene Roddenberry Copy Share Image
First a piece of Irish wisdom: you should always listen to a bookie. For they have a saying, 'Money tells a good… — Frank Delaney Copy Share Image
I loved literary science fiction. In fact, as a kid, when I was reading science fiction, I thought 'I can't wait for… — Matt Groening Copy Share Image
“I never sleep. Like the dolphin and the spiny anteater, I don't experience REM. Unlike the dreamless mammals, I'm a construct. I… — Lyda Morehouse Copy Share Image