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Science Fiction Quotes

The thing about science fiction is that it’s totally wide open. But it’s wide open in a conditional way Picture Quote #1

There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person Picture Quote #1

There’s a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons Picture Quote #1

With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be Picture Quote #1

Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead of the other way around, as was done in most science fiction. That was the first time I can recall that it had ever been done Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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It’s part of a cycle of stories I’m writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction Picture Quote #1

Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And you also have to work even harder to maintain those rules, and within that find excitement and unpredictability and all that stuff Picture Quote #1

I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction Picture Quote #1

The fact that it’s science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do Picture Quote #1

I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer Picture Quote #1

If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn’t come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that’s where the stimuli and influence comes from Picture Quote #1

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I spent most of my teen years trying to figure out the rules of life, theories for why things happened, why people behaved as they did, and mostly I came to the conclusion that either there were no rules, or the rules sucked. Reading science fiction wasn’t about imagining myself into some more exciting life filled with adventure, it was about finding a world where things worked the way I wanted them to Picture Quote #1

Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor Picture Quote #1

One of the things I’ve always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you’d never have thought about before Picture Quote #1

If contemporary literary fiction doesn’t read a bit like science fiction then it’s probably not all that contemporary, is it Picture Quote #1

A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam Picture Quote #1

I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with a science fiction story. And if I was doing a science fiction story then I would come up with what can go wrong with this system Picture Quote #1

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I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists Picture Quote #1

The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm... But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy. He must be intimate with it and understand it in all its aspects. This means that he must have devoted serious thought to it, and have beliefs of his own which will stand up in the place of the broken idol. In other words, any child can complain, but it takes an adult to clash with accepted beliefs... an adult with ideas Picture Quote #1

When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we are toolmakers and users, and are always changing our environment Picture Quote #1

People in science fiction flicks always seemed to know useful things about the places time travel took them. But what if the time traveler had been only an average history student? What then? Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It’s about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know Picture Quote #1

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The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum Picture Quote #1

Me, I have a science fiction writer’s conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speakhuman, not the other way around Picture Quote #1

General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else Picture Quote #1

We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In science fiction we can approach that mystery, not in small, everyday symbols, but in bigger ones of space and time Picture Quote #1

For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects Picture Quote #1

Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny Picture Quote #1

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The thing about science fiction is that it’s totally wide open. But it’s wide open in a conditional way (Science Fiction Quotes) There are relatively few science fiction or fantasy books with the main character being an old person (Science Fiction Quotes) There’s a big overlap with the people you meet at the fantasy and science fiction cons (Science Fiction Quotes) With science fiction I think we are preparing ourselves for contact with them, whoever they may be (Science Fiction Quotes) Jerry reversed the usual formula of the superhero who goes to another planet. He put the superhero in ordinary, familiar surroundings, instead of the other way around, as was done in most science fiction. That was the first time I can recall that it had ever been done (Science Fiction Quotes) 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 (Science Fiction Quotes) It’s part of a cycle of stories I’m writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction (Science Fiction Quotes) Whenever you deal with science fiction you are setting up a world of rules. I think you work hard to establish the rules. And you also have to work even harder to maintain those rules, and within that find excitement and unpredictability and all that stuff (Science Fiction Quotes) I have friends, political scientists, sociologists, who all share an interest at least in certain kinds of science fiction (Science Fiction Quotes) The fact that it’s science fiction gives you the license to do anything you want to do (Science Fiction Quotes) I was hardly fit for human society. Thus destiny shaped me to be a science fiction writer (Science Fiction Quotes) If you look at the most meaningful science fiction, it didn’t come from watching other films. We seem to be in a place now where filmmakers make films based on other films because that’s where the stimuli and influence comes from (Science Fiction Quotes) I spent most of my teen years trying to figure out the rules of life, theories for why things happened, why people behaved as they did, and mostly I came to the conclusion that either there were no rules, or the rules sucked. Reading science fiction wasn’t about imagining myself into some more exciting life filled with adventure, it was about finding a world where things worked the way I wanted them to (Science Fiction Quotes) Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor (Science Fiction Quotes) One of the things I’ve always liked about science fiction is the way it makes you think about things, and look at things from angles you’d never have thought about before (Science Fiction Quotes) If contemporary literary fiction doesn’t read a bit like science fiction then it’s probably not all that contemporary, is it (Science Fiction Quotes) A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam (Science Fiction Quotes) I could speculate, but it would be just speculation and the kind of thing that you would get in with a science fiction story. And if I was doing a science fiction story then I would come up with what can go wrong with this system (Science Fiction Quotes) I really struggle to pinpoint whether I became a scientist because I like science fiction, or did I gravitate to science fiction because I identified strongly with scientists (Science Fiction Quotes) The appeal of science fiction has always been its iconoclasm... But in order to be an iconoclast, an author must be more than merely aware of the idol he wishes to destroy. He must be intimate with it and understand it in all its aspects. This means that he must have devoted serious thought to it, and have beliefs of his own which will stand up in the place of the broken idol. In other words, any child can complain, but it takes an adult to clash with accepted beliefs... an adult with ideas (Science Fiction Quotes) When people ask me to define science fiction and fantasy I say they are the literatures that explore the fact that we are toolmakers and users, and are always changing our environment (Science Fiction Quotes) People in science fiction flicks always seemed to know useful things about the places time travel took them. But what if the time traveler had been only an average history student? What then? (Science Fiction Quotes) Science fiction is not about the freedom of imagination. It’s about a free imagination pinched and howling in a vise that other people call real life (Science Fiction Quotes) Science fiction is very well suited to asking philosophical questions; questions about the nature of reality, what it means to be human, how do we know the things that we think we know (Science Fiction Quotes) The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum (Science Fiction Quotes) Me, I have a science fiction writer’s conviction that the damn robot is supposed to speakhuman, not the other way around (Science Fiction Quotes) General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else (Science Fiction Quotes) We live on a minute island of known things. Our undiminished wonder at the mystery which surrounds us is what makes us human. In science fiction we can approach that mystery, not in small, everyday symbols, but in bigger ones of space and time (Science Fiction Quotes) For me science fiction is a way of thinking, a way of logic that bypasses a lot of nonsense. It allows people to look directly at important subjects (Science Fiction Quotes) Science fiction invites the writer to grandly explore alternative worlds and pose questions about meaning and destiny (Science Fiction Quotes)

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