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I find science so much more fascinating than science fiction. It also has the advantage of being true. — Carl Sagan
I'm pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction. — Frederik Pohl
I have a kind of standard explanation why, which goes like this: Science fiction is one way of making sense out of a senseless world. — John Thomas Sladek
We've been surrounded by images of space our whole lives, from the speculative images of science fiction to the inspirational visions of artists to the… — Honor Harger
Today's science fiction is tomorrow's science fact. — Isaac Asimov
Children are not deceived by fairy-tales; they are often and gravely deceived by school-stories. Adults are not deceived by science-fiction ; they can be deceived… — C.S. Lewis
My music is pretty honest. I can't rap on science fiction. Punk is from the street. — Rick James
For those who resist the notion that the mainstream is a genre, we recommend that they browse the shelves of their local bookstore. For if… — James Patrick Kelly
And Shanghai is amazing. I'm a fan of science fiction so when you're there in the night with all the lights and all this modernity,… — Berenice Marlohe
It's horrid to be called a Shakespearean actor because that's incredibly limiting, and we love acting. We like telling stories; anything that excites us we… — Timothy Dalton
With science fiction there's endless possibilities. — Anna Torv
The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction. — Frederik Pohl
With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be. — Dwight Schultz
I hesitate to predict whether this theory is true. But if the general opinion of Mankind is optimistic then we're in for a period of… — David Eddings
When I started in the business, there was a thing called adult fantasy, but nobody quite knew what it was, and most publishers didn't have… — Terri Windling
Now, Venus is an extremely hostile environment, and as such presents a lot of challenges for a science fiction author who wants to create life… — Sarah Zettel
Science fiction readers probably have the gene for novelty, and seem to enjoy a cascade of invention as much as a writer enjoys providing one. — Walter Jon Williams
Even if you only want to write science fiction, you should also read mysteries, poetry, mainstream literature, history, biography, philosophy, and science. — Walter Jon Williams
I think Douglas was a real one-off. He was so clever and so intelligent and so well read in real science that he could make… — Lalla Ward
The fact that it's science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do. — Lindsay Wagner
I first read science fiction in the old British Chum annual when I was about 12 years old. — A. E. van Vogt
When I began writing science fiction in the middle 60s, it seemed very easy to find ideas that took decades to percolate into the cultural… — Vernor Vinge
The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors. — Vernor Vinge
Beyond that, I seem to be compelled to write science fiction, rather than fantasy or mysteries or some other genre more likely to climb onto… — Joan D. Vinge
I don't read other science fiction. I don't read any at all. — Jack Vance

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