American Quote by Alastair Reynolds

Science fiction has never been about the future; it's always been about the present day whether it's Victorian England that Wells was writing about…

— Robert J. Sawyer

And, of course, some SF is set close enough to here and now that Anglo and European do apply. Since many of the writers…

— Stanley Schmidt

The paucity of near-future U.S. scifi is about the country becoming pessimistic, not being able to see the future clearly. There's a trend in…

— Charles Stross

“Though often scoffed at by “serious” writers, science fiction worms its way into our cultural psyche in interesting ways, and not just as predictors…

— Frank Daniels III

British and Canadian sci-fi strikes me as more forward-looking than its American counterpart, as evidenced by the success of Iain M. Banks, Charlie Stross,…

— Nick Sagan

Science fiction has always been a means for political comment. H.G. Wells' 'The War of the Worlds' wasn't about a Martian invasion - it…

— Robert J. Sawyer

So much American science fiction is parochial -- not as true now as it was years ago, but the assumption is one culture in…

— Poul Anderson

It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate,…

— Winston Churchill

Science fiction is not quirky anymore; we live in a futuristic world now.

— Bonnie Hammer

“Science fiction inspires scientists, but it doesn't exist to dictate what our future should look like. Great science fiction is fun to read and…

— Daniel H. Wilson

The thing about American writers is that, as a group, they get stuck in the same idea: that we're a continent and the world…

— Sam Shepard

Science fiction encourages us to explore... all the futures, good and bad, that the human mind can envision.

— Marion Zimmer Bradley