“You’d be surprised what an eleven-year-old can get away with.” —Tuppence” — Richard Due Copy Share Image
Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens. — Ken MacLeod Copy Share Image
“Well, don't stand about like that, man; if you're no use you're certainly no ornament. Bring that in and tell me what… — Stephen Baxter Copy Share Image
“Take it slow. We want to know what’s ahead before what’s ahead knows we’re here” — K.E. Douglas Copy Share Image
It's clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations. — Frederik Pohl Copy Share Image
We need more science, but what we especially need is science fiction. — Dale Jamieson Copy Share Image
There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now. — Allen Ginsberg Copy Share Image
“It would not do to be Lord of a universe inhabited solely by serfs.” — Wayne Gerard Trotman Copy Share Image
I read fiction all the time. It's true that I don't like fantasy or science fiction. I like "realistic" novels, particularly those… — Gustavo Perez Firmat Copy Share Image
Purdom has created a major body of work. Thoughtful, humane, intelligent, extrapolative, involving, his stories are exactly the sort of thing our… — Michael Swanwick Copy Share Image
I watch 2001: A Space Odyssey every time it’s on. I made the kids watch it every time, too, and now they… — Bruce Willis Copy Share Image
“They worried to an excessive degree about getting gender correct, as if elves gave a shit. Humans could keep their concerns about… — Sabrina Zbasnik Copy Share Image
Only a minority of science fiction dystopias attempt to plumb the real existential roots of oppression, the flaws in humanity's nature that… — Paul Di Filippo Copy Share Image
“I am the Eschaton. I am not your God. I am descended from you, and exist in your future. Thou shalt not… — Charles Stross Copy Share Image
If you take 2001: A Space Odyssey as an example of somebody who creates a new language in film by what he… — Matthew Modine Copy Share Image
I'm only interested in science fiction that's used as a literary device, a shortcut into something more exploratory or universal about our… — Shane Carruth 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
“Franz said 'Your picture, Viki, suggests that sense of breaking-up we feel in the modern world. Families, nations, classes, other loyalty groups… — Fritz Leiber Copy Share Image
“I looked at Victor, my heart swelling from the emotion. “When I die, please do the same ceremony for me,” I whispered,… — A.B.Whelan Copy Share Image
“Sometime we don't always get what we want!" shouted Evie, not knowing herself. "That's life!"... The Captain, still looking at her, raised… — Elizabeth Newton Copy Share Image
“Dad takes a step back, one hand still on my shoulder, and reaches into his pocket. He draws out a little blue… — Emily Skrutskie Copy Share Image
When I was a kid and I was being introduced to science fiction by watching movies with my Dad, Kubrick is one… — Duncan Jones Copy Share Image
