Alone Quote by J. G. Ballard

That's really what SF is all about, you know: the big reality that pervades the real world we live in: the reality of change.…

— Frederik Pohl

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

All writers of fiction will at some point find themselves abandoning a piece of work - or find themselves putting it aside, as we…

— Martin Amis

[Science fiction is] out in the mainstream now. You can tell by the way mainstream literary authors pillage SF while denying they're writing it!

— Terry Pratchett

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

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

“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

There's a long-standing (50 year old) flame war within the field over whether it's "sci-fi" or "SF".SF has traditionally been looked down on by…

— Charles Stross

Science fiction is an amazing literature: plot elements that you would think would be completely worn out by now keep changing into surprising new…

— Connie Willis

We are living in an era of such interesting new forms, and certainly narrative non-fiction has emerged as a major form. People who are…

— Daniel Mendelsohn

Many people have tried to define science fiction. I like to call it the literature of exploration and change. While other genres obsess upon…

— David Brin

I have to believe SF writers will continue to inspire the public to have faith in - to demand! - a future that is…

— Edward M. Lerner