quotations about science fiction
A favorite science fiction writer of mine is William Faulkner! It was an idea that came to me once, years ago, and I've never quite been able to shake it. This is facetious, on one level at least. There are telepaths in As I Lay Dying. But I think the most compelling thing for me is there are moments with him where I just feel these are not humans talking to each other. These are some hyper-intelligent, yet-to-be-born organisms. The way they look at the past without having any loss of knowledge -- everything that ever happened is still here.
ROBERT REED
Locus Magazine, April 1998
One good working definition of science fiction may be the literature which, growing with science and technology, evaluates it and relates it meaningfully to the rest of human existence.
H. BRUCE FRANKLIN
introduction, Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century
Nothing is deader than yesterday's science-fiction.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
The Sands of Mars