363 quotes found
“Its a violent galaxy filled with cutthroat pirates, cyber-mercenaries and star messiahs. If peace comes, it will have to steal in like a thief.”
“Howling duststorms of nuclear ashes. Human and animal bone powder. Flakes and fragments of the destroyed world. Filthy tempests of death. I am in Hell, he said.”
“There was no sign of any life, just erratic hints of a faded sun peeking down with sorrow on the dead world it once nourished.”
“The folktale world is oriented positively toward its protagonist; a folktale is defined by the hero's triumph: magic weapons and helpers are, with the necessary narrative retardation, at his beck a...”
“Dont go near that elevatorthats just what they want us to dotrap us in a steel box and take us down to the basement! Raoul Duke, Fear & Loathing in Las VegasPlease, please I dont want my soul teth...”
“Colonel Graff: We won! That's all that matters.Ender Wiggin: No. The way we win matters.”
“We're all stories in the end. Just make it a good one, eh ?”
“The most visceral science fiction always takes place in the past and focuses on the humdrum”
“It's the superhero problem . . . .Superpowers make everything personal. Batman versus Joker. Fantastic Four versus Galactus. The Big G might be the Devourer of Worlds, but in the end he's just a du...”
“Science fiction is the one literature that deals with today's reality - that provides a basis for discussion and understanding of the complex events of our time. It opens the doors for students - d...”
“All brightness was gone, leaving nothing. We stepped out of the tent onto nothing. Sledge and tent were there, Estraven stood beside me, but neither he nor I cast any shadow. There was dull light a...”
“Take a scientific fact or theory, add a futuristic or other-worldly setting, stir in an imaginative plot and fascinating characters, and a science fiction novel emerges from the cosmic mix.”
“It was the dog Abel, who - as animals have been reported to do - had made his way over all England's hills and rivers, to return to that home where he was first kindly treated. The warm fire, by wh...”
“An infinitely unpleasant fraction of a second is a small price to pay for the opportunity to stride across eternity.”
“In any case, this was a deep human prejudice. Human beings to find a central command in any organization. States had governments. Corporations had CEOs. Schools had principals. Armies had generals....”
“The chances of anything man-like on Mars are a million to one”
“The death takes a moment and life lasts forever. Why spend eternity worried about a singularity?”
“I'll show you my theory, if you show me yours.”
“The moment stretches out to an eternity in her green eyes, and I can picture being together with this girl until the end of time; our hands entwined as we pass across the veil of the universe, fore...”
“Science fiction is a field of writing where, month after month, every printed word implies to hundreds of thousands of people: 'There is change. Look, today's fantastic story is tomorrow's fact.”
