Appeals Quote by Stanley Schmidt

“There are cultures on Earth that are more alien than some of the aliens in SF. More extensive quote: "the theme of immersion into…

— Catherine Asaro

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

Isn't connecting people to distant lands and culture one of the strengths of good literature?

— Anonymous

The culture is still there, and people are still doing it. I imagine some people are doing it very well indeed. As for me,…

— William Gibson

The more foreign to me, to my existence, to your core existence, the more foreign the foreign language, it's really moving to me to…

— Nathan Englander

What I love about the sci-fi community is that it's the most nonjudgmental, inclusive, diverse environment in the country. There's no group of people…

— J. August Richards

I love reading about other people's world view.

— Sam Esmail

The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries.

— Robert J. Sawyer

Especially, I think, living in any fantasy or science fiction world means really understanding what you're seeing and reading really densely on a level…

— Joss Whedon

I think the best science fiction, especially literature, is political in nature and is often an allegory about something problematic in our world, and…

— Simon Kinberg

My world view has always been that there's just an enormous amount of cultural and religious diversity out there, all of which is really…

— Josh Gates

I think that what's unique about sci-fi - at least from the view of a lot of Chinese writers - is that sci-fi is…

— Ken Liu