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• Science fiction does not remain fiction for long. And certainly not on the Internet.

  Vinton Cerf

  Long, Growth, Doe

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• You need to read more science fiction. Nobody who reads science fiction comes out with this crap about the end of history

  Iain Banks

  Needs, Fiction, Ends

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• [T]he one indispensable ingredient of science fiction [is] a belief in a world being changed by man's intellect, a conviction that what was being written could really happen.

  James Gunn

  Men, Fiction, World

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• 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.

  Tahmoh Penikett

  Kids, Fiction, My Favorite

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• Neutrinos alone, among all the known particles, have ethereal properties that are striking and romantic enough both to have inspired a poem by John Updike and to have sent teams of scientists deep underground for 50 years to build huge science-fiction-like contraptions to unravel their mysteries.

  Lawrence M. Krauss

  Team, Years, Fiction

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• Im a massive science fiction and fantasy geek.

  Robert Kazinsky

  Fiction, Geek, Fantasy

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• Science fiction also provides a sense of nostalgia that is always present when it comes to Palestine, in that whenever we talk about Palestine, it is never in the present, but either remembering a past or imagining a better future. Submitting gritty Middle Eastern politics to high production sci-fi in this manner not only underlines the absurdity of the situation, but brings about a dystopian future scenario.

  Larissa Sansour

  Past, Nostalgia, Remember

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• I'm a huge science fiction fan...

  Emma Caulfield

  Fans, Fiction, Huge

  "Exclusive Q&A: Actress Emma Caulfield Picks the Right TiMER". Interview with Brad Balfour, www.huffingtonpost.com. May 20, 2010.

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• I definitely gravitate towards quality genre projects and genre of any kind whether it's science fiction, horror or really anything. I'm just drawn to quality. I don't think 'Darkness Falls' is horror; there isn't any gore by any stretch of the imagination.

  Emma Caulfield

  Fall, Thinking, Imagination

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• I have taught history on the high school and college levels, and am or have been a lecturer at the Smithsonian, The National Institutes of Health, and numerous colleges and universities, mostly on science fiction and technology subjects.

  Jack L. Chalker

  School, Technology, College

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• Every day, I read books on philosophy and science fiction and human consciousness.

  Tom DeLonge

  Philosophy, Book, Fiction

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• We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet.

  Anthony Daniels

  Thinking, People, Fiction

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• It's part of a cycle of stories I'm writing where I deconstruct classic science fiction.

  Cory Doctorow

  Writing, Fiction, Stories

  Interview with Richard Koman, archive.oreilly.com. March 4, 2005.

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• I quite enjoy science fiction.

  Lexa Doig

  Fiction, Enjoy

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• When I did 'Battlestar Galactica' it was the first time I really understood science fiction. That was a very political drama, but set in spaceships so people didn't really take it seriously. But some really fascinating things were explored in that.

  Michelle Forbes

  Drama, People, Political

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• Invented languages have often been created in tandem with entire invented universes, and most conlangers come to their craft by way of fantasy and science fiction.

  Joshua Foer

  Crafts, Way, Fiction

  «Utopian for Beginners» by Joshua Foer, www.newyorker.com. December 24 & 31, 2012.

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• I love the fact that it's not only about Star Trek, but about science fiction in general, and science.

  Rene Auberjonois

  Stars, Fiction, Facts

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• I've actually usually been wary of taking on science fiction as an actor because it's really tough to do. It's really difficult to execute. There's often lots of prosthetics, green screen and special effects, and it can get very technical.

  Grant Bowler

  Special, Fiction, Actors

  Biography/Personal Quotes, www.imdb.com.

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• People as me how I do research for my science fiction. The answer is, I never do any research.

  Frederik Pohl

  Writing, People, Research

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• I do enjoy reading some science fiction.

  Colin Farrell

  Reading, Fiction, Enjoy

  Interview with Steve Head, www.ign.com. June 26, 2002.

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• More than fantasy or even science fiction, Ray Bradbury wrote horror, and like so many great horror writers he was himself utterly without fear, of anything. He wasn't afraid of looking uncool - he wasn't scared to openly love innocence, or to be optimistic, or to write sentimentally when he felt that way.

  Lev Grossman

  Writing, Optimistic, Fiction

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• I read mostly science-fiction and fantasy when I was a teenager, and I was always drawn to stories where the characters had telepathic powers.

  Ruth Glick

  Teenager, Character, Fiction

  "'Dark Powers' Author Rebecca York". Interview with Joyce Lamb, happyeverafter.usatoday.com. October 21, 2012.

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• Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.

  Ken MacLeod

  Leaving, Fiction, Strange

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• The science fiction world has a lot of people doing seriously imaginative thinking.

  Paul Krugman

  Thinking, People, Fiction

  "Economist Paul Krugman Is a Hard-Core Science Fiction Fan". "Geek’s Guide to the Galaxy" Interview, www.wired.com. May 30, 2012.

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• In really, really good science fiction the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

  Damon Lindelof

  Fiction, Lines, Blurry

  "Writing a TED Talk from the future: Q&A with Damon Lindelof". TED Talk, blog.ted.com. February 28, 2012.

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