2002 Quote by Charles N. Brown

“Science fiction and fantasy, though they seem to be about the future or fictional worlds, are always at their core really about the problems…

— John Joseph Adams

“science fiction is not about the future but about the possibilities inherent in the present.”

— Judith B. Kerman

“He argued that science fiction, which once celebrated the future, has turned dystopian because people no longer have an optimistic view of technology’s ability…

— Ashlee Vance

“The past is fantasy, and the future is science fiction.”

— T.L. Rese

Science fiction is the field that explores how change can affect us, for well or ill.

— David Brin

Everything is becoming science fiction. From the margins of an almost invisible literature has sprung the intact reality of the 20th century.

— J. G. Ballard

“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

“As the young have discovered, the secret divinity of the twentieth century is Science. But Science is incapable of forming character. The more people…

— Bruce Chatwin

No matter what decade science fiction comes from, it's representing the present.

— Don Hertzfeldt

“Science fiction is the one literature that deals with today's reality - that provides a basis for discussion and understanding of the complex events…

— Biggle

It has become part of the accepted wisdom to say that the twentieth century was the century of physics and the twenty-first century will…

— Freeman Dyson

“Science fiction is more than just our collective dreams for a human race that reaches to the stars. In many ways, the dreams of…

— George Takei