How inappropriate to call this planet "Earth," when it is clearly "Ocean.
Arthur C. ClarkeTags: science science-fiction
One of the liberating effects of science fiction when I was a teenager was precisely its ability to tune me into all sorts of strange data and make me realize that I wasn’t as totally isolated in perceiving the world as being monstrous and crazy
William GibsonTags: science-fiction
No, they can't. They can't be Luke Skywalker.
Aaron AllstonTags: science-fiction
... we have created a man with not one brain but two. ... This new brain is intended to control the biological brain. ... The patient's biological brain is the peripheral terminal -- the only peripheral terminal -- for the new computer. ... And therefore the patient's biological brain, indeed his whole body, has become a terminal for the new computer. We have created a man who is one single, large, complex computer terminal. The patient is a read-out device for the new computer, and is helpless to control the readout as a TV screen is helpless to control the information presented on it.
Michael CrichtonTags: computers science-fiction brain
General fiction is pretty much about ways that people get into problems and screw their lives up. Science fiction is about everything else.
Marvin MinskyTags: humor on-fiction fiction science-fiction interviews
Myths, whether in written or visual form, serve a vital role of asking unanswerable questions and providing unquestionable answers. Most of us, most of the time, have a low tolerance for ambiguity and uncertainty. We want to reduce the cognitive dissonance of not knowing by filling the gaps with answers. Traditionally, religious myths have served that role, but today — the age of science — science fiction is our mythology.
Michael ShermerTags: science science-fiction mythology
Do you ever wonder if--well, if there are people living on the third planet?'
'The third planet is incapable of supporting life,' stated the husband patiently. 'Our scientists have said there's far too much oxygen in their atmosphere.
Tags: science-fiction aliens
Individual science fiction stories may seem as trivial as ever to the blinder critics and philosophers of today, but the core of science fiction -- its essence -- has become crucial to our salvation, if we are to be saved at all.
Isaac AsimovTags: science-fiction salvation
Beware:
At war
Or at peace,
More people die
Of unenlightened self-interest
Than of any other disease.
Tags: peace war death science-fiction selfishness self-interest unenlightened-self-interest
I guess I always felt even if the world came to an end, McDonald's would still be open.
Susan Beth PfefferTags: science-fiction
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