Actual Quote by Edward M. Lerner

[A] science fiction story is one which presupposes a technology, or an effect of technology, or a disturbance in the natural order, such as…

— Edmund Crispin

A good science fiction story is a story with a human problem, and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without…

— Theodore Sturgeon

Science fiction - and the correct shortcut is 'sf' - uses actual scientific facts or theories for the source ideas or framework of the…

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Let it be understood, in the first place, that a science fiction story must be an exposition of a scientific theme and it must…

— Hugo Gernsback

“Despite what your science fiction writers dream, we simply don't have the technology”

— Stephenie Meyer

Science fiction stories reflect major issues that concern humanity.

— Liu Cixin

“This Why–What If–How progression—which can be identified in many stories of innovative breakthroughs—is”

— Warren Berger

If science fiction is the mythology of modern technology, then its myth is tragic.

— Ursula K. Le Guin

Any story worth telling relates to real life in some meaningful way. Scifi allows you to tell meaningful stories without seeming too preachy -…

— Jane Espenson

Science clears the fields on which technology can build.

— Werner Heisenberg

Very little in science fiction can transcend the gimmickry of a technical conceit, yet without that conceit at its heart a book is not…

— Janet Morris

Not all SF or fantasy has to inspire new scientists and engineers.

— David Brin