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Frederik Pohl Quotes

The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten Picture Quote #1

I’m pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction Picture Quote #1

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. Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have Picture Quote #1

A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction Picture Quote #1

I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer’s block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the typewriter - now, computer - lit up a cigarette Picture Quote #1

I’m doing a book, ‘Chasing Science,’ about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport Picture Quote #1

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If you don’t care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn’t try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want Picture Quote #1

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is the very literature of change Picture Quote #1

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great) Picture Quote #1

I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people’s recollections, which change with time Picture Quote #1

They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind Picture Quote #1

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The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it’s like retiring Picture Quote #1

I’m doing a book, ‘Chasing Science,’ about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport Picture Quote #1

My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method Picture Quote #1

You don’t think progress goes in a straight line, do you? Do you recognize that it is an ascending, accelerating, maybe even exponential curve? It takes hell’s own time to get started, but when it goes it goes like a bomb Picture Quote #1

Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great) Picture Quote #1

You can’t really predict the future. All you can do is invent it Picture Quote #1

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The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction Picture Quote #1

It’s clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations Picture Quote #1

That’s the method: restructure the world we live in in some way, then see what happens Picture Quote #1

You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens Picture Quote #1

I don't think the scientific method and the science fictional method are really analogous. The thing about them is that neither is really practiced very much, at least not consciously. But the fact that they are methodical does relate them Picture Quote #1

Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and looked up specific things about rocketry and so on, really suck Picture Quote #1

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People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research Picture Quote #1

That’s what life is, just one learning experience after another, and when you’re through with all the learning experiences you graduate and what you get for a diploma is, you die Picture Quote #1

People as me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research Picture Quote #1

You don’t think progress goes in a straight line, do you? Do you recognize that it is an ascending, accelerating, maybe even exponential curve? It takes hell’s own time to get started, but when it goes it goes like a bomb Picture Quote #1

You can’t trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it Picture Quote #1

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

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The head of Fermilab was reading Astonishing Stories when he was ten (Frederik Pohl Quotes) I’m pretty catholic about what constitutes science fiction (Frederik Pohl Quotes) 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. Science fiction is the very literature of change. In fact, it is the only such literature we have (Frederik Pohl Quotes) A lot of the cosmologists and astrophysicists clearly had been reading science fiction (Frederik Pohl Quotes) I did that for 40 years or more. I never had any writer’s block. I got up in the morning, sat down at the typewriter - now, computer - lit up a cigarette (Frederik Pohl Quotes) I’m doing a book, ‘Chasing Science,’ about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport (Frederik Pohl Quotes) If you don’t care about science enough to be interested in it on its own, you shouldn’t try to write hard science fiction. You can write like Ray Bradbury and Harlan Ellison as much as you want (Frederik Pohl Quotes) My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method (Frederik Pohl Quotes) Science fiction is the very literature of change (Frederik Pohl Quotes) Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great) (Frederik Pohl Quotes) I was thinking of writing a little foreword saying that history is, after all, based on people’s recollections, which change with time. (Frederik Pohl Quotes) They were two lovely choices. One of them meant giving up every chance of a decent life forever...and the other one scared me out of my mind. (Frederik Pohl Quotes) The big new development in my life is, when I turned 80, I decided I no longer have to do four pages a day. For me, it’s like retiring. (Frederik Pohl Quotes) I’m doing a book, ‘Chasing Science,’ about the pleasures of science as a spectator sport. (Frederik Pohl Quotes) My old English buddy, John Rackham, wrote and told me what made science fiction different from all other kinds of literature - science fiction is written according to the science fiction method. (Frederik Pohl Quotes) You don’t think progress goes in a straight line, do you? Do you recognize that it is an ascending, accelerating, maybe even exponential curve? It takes hell’s own time to get started, but when it goes it goes like a bomb. (Frederik Pohl Quotes) Stephen Hawking said he spent most of his first couple of years at Cambridge reading science fiction (and I believe that, because his grades weren’t all that great). (Frederik Pohl Quotes) You can’t really predict the future. All you can do is invent it (Frederik Pohl Quotes) The science fiction method is dissection and reconstruction (Frederik Pohl Quotes) It’s clear that science and science fiction have overlapping populations (Frederik Pohl Quotes) That’s the method: restructure the world we live in in some way, then see what happens (Frederik Pohl Quotes) You look at the world around you, and you take it apart into all its components. Then you take some of those components, throw them away, and plug in different ones, start it up and see what happens (Frederik Pohl Quotes) I don't think the scientific method and the science fictional method are really analogous. The thing about them is that neither is really practiced very much, at least not consciously. But the fact that they are methodical does relate them (Frederik Pohl Quotes) Stories where the author has known very little, but run a computer program that tells him how to construct a planet, and looked up specific things about rocketry and so on, really suck (Frederik Pohl Quotes) People ask me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research (Frederik Pohl Quotes) That’s what life is, just one learning experience after another, and when you’re through with all the learning experiences you graduate and what you get for a diploma is, you die (Frederik Pohl Quotes) People as me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research (Frederik Pohl Quotes) You don’t think progress goes in a straight line, do you? Do you recognize that it is an ascending, accelerating, maybe even exponential curve? It takes hell’s own time to get started, but when it goes it goes like a bomb (Frederik Pohl Quotes) You can’t trust reason. We threw it out of the ad profession long ago and have never missed it (Frederik Pohl Quotes) A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam (Frederik Pohl Quotes)

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