Science fiction films are not about science. They are about disaster, which is one of the oldest subjects of art.
The romantic appeal of solar sailing has ensured that its advocates consistently come from the worlds of both science fiction and science fact.
Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere.
Within a science fictional space, memory and regret are, when taken together, the set of necessary and sufficient elements required to produce a time machine.
Most science fiction seemed to be written for people who already liked science fiction; I wanted to write stories for anyone, anywhere, living at any time in the history of the world.
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.
I like science fiction. Arthur C. Clarke, Philip K. Dick and Vonnegut, and I really like Margaret Atwood, 'The Handmaid's Tale.' And you know, so much of science fiction has to do with predicting what's to come, so I think that's really interesting.
As a child I always steered clear of science fiction, but in the autumn of 1977, the bow-wave of publicity for the first 'Star Wars' movie had already reached me, so I was eager for anything science-fictional.
I've always wanted to write science fiction. It was one of my first loves, and I knew if I became a writer someday I'd probably write something in the science fiction vein, but I hesitated for a long while because it's such well-trod ground.
It cannot be said often enough that science fiction as a genre is incredibly educational - and I'm speaking the written science fiction, not 'Star Trek.' Science fiction writers tend to fill their books if they're clever with little bits of interesti...
Science fiction works best when it stimulates debate.
Science fiction is the art of the possible not the impossible.
When I die, I'm leaving my body to science fiction.
As a student, I wrote English reports on science fiction.
I do enjoy reading some science fiction.
Science fiction was never my thing. I have no interest in it.
Science fiction frees you to go anyplace and examine anything.
I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing.
I love science fiction stuff - I'm a bit of a dweeb like that.
General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.
Fantastic fiction covers fantasy, horror and science fiction - and it doesn't get the attention it deserves from the literati.
