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A large fraction of the most interesting scientists have read a lot of SF at one time or another, either early enough that it…

— Frederik Pohl

Novels seem to exist because of this need to know and connect, and so story becomes charged with necessity.

— Michael Helm

“I think Dr. Willis McNelly at the California State University at Fullerton put it best when he said that the true protagonist of an…

— Philip K. Dick

My first two novels were quirky detective stories followed by a couple of SF/Fantasy novels.

— Paul G. Tremblay

When I was a kid, what captivated me about detective fiction were the puzzles more than the detectives or their enemies. And as I've…

— Mark Waid

SF is an opportunity to have an intense relationship with your own imagination. It's a kind of drive-by poetry, trashy and addictive; it's fun.…

— M. John Harrison

I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.

— Kim Harrison

I try not to recommend too many books, frankly, because I think there's a certain synchronicity that happens when people discover books.

— James Redfield

The novels that have fascinated me most are the ones that have reached me less through the channels of the intellect or reason than…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

This is what I have discovered - and it has been a gift in itself - that books live over and over again in…

— Rachel Joyce

I think reading the novels definitely was a good source for me to study from.

— Laura Vandervoort

I never read detective novels. I started out in graduate school writing a more serious book. Right around that time I read 'The Day…

— James Patterson