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Science Fiction Writers Quotes

Science fiction writers aren’t fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes Picture Quote #1

Maybe the search for life shouldn’t restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in the dense atmospheres of planets such as Jupiter, swarms of intelligent insects, nano-scale robots and more Picture Quote #1

Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description Picture Quote #1

I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers Picture Quote #1

All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction Picture Quote #1

We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to figure out how you would go about blowing up a planet. That’s the kind of conversations science fiction writers have when they get together. We don’t talk about football or anything like that Picture Quote #1

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Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I’m sure they do great work. But they’re not scientists. They’re clueless Picture Quote #1

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 interesting stuff and real stuff Picture Quote #1

Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens Picture Quote #1

The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors Picture Quote #1

The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers Picture Quote #1

Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything Picture Quote #1

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I started in this racket in the early 70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of Picture Quote #1

Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it’s the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself... Science fiction is central to everything we’ve ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don’t know what they’re talking about Picture Quote #1

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not Picture Quote #1

I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things Picture Quote #1

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Science fiction writers aren’t fortune tellers. Fortune tellers are fakes. (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Maybe the search for life shouldn’t restrict attention to planets like Earth. Science fiction writers have other ideas: balloon-like creatures floating in the dense atmospheres of planets such as Jupiter, swarms of intelligent insects, nano-scale robots and more. (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Many science fiction writers are literary autodidacts who focus on the genre primarily as a literature of ideas rather than as a pure art form or a tool for the introspective examination of the human condition. I’m not entirely at ease with that self-description. (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) I love science fiction. I always have, ever since I was a kid. I love a lot of science fiction writers. William Gibson is one of my favorite writers (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) All writers have roots they draw from - travel, work, family. My roots are in science and it is fertile ground for fiction (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) We sat around on a hotel balcony with a bottle of wine and tried to figure out how you would go about blowing up a planet. That’s the kind of conversations science fiction writers have when they get together. We don’t talk about football or anything like that (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Futurism today is led by science-fiction writers, by sociologists, by historians. Now, I have nothing against them. I’m sure they do great work. But they’re not scientists. They’re clueless (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) 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 interesting stuff and real stuff (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) The dilemma felt by science fiction writers will be perceived in other creative endeavors (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) The only people who have the long view are some scientists and some science fiction writers (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) I started in this racket in the early 70s, and when I was president of the Science Fiction Writers of America, of which I was like the sixth president, I was the first one nobody ever heard of (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Here's a quick rule of thumb: Don't annoy science fiction writers. These are people who destroy entire planets before lunch. Think of what they'll do to you (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) 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 (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it’s the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself... Science fiction is central to everything we’ve ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don’t know what they’re talking about (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not (Science Fiction Writers Quotes) I've always loved science fiction. I think the smartest writers are science fiction writers dealing with major things (Science Fiction Writers Quotes)