A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction.
Frederik PohlScience fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.
Margaret AtwoodThe goal is to normalize trade relations based on sound science and consumer protection.
Mike JohannsScience fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens.
Rudy RuckerNow, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.
Rudy Rucker