Quotes of the Week

William Gibson

"The future is already here – it's just not evenly distributed." 
- William Gibson

"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." 

- Ray Bradbury

"The story-maker proves a successful 'sub-creator'. He makes a Secondary World which your mind can enter. Inside it, what he relates is 'true': it accords with the laws of that world. You therefore believe it, while you are, as it were, inside." 

- J.R.R. Tolkien

"The most exciting phrase to hear in science, the one that heralds new discoveries, is not 'Eureka!' but 'That's funny...'" 

- Isaac Asimov

"Science fiction is the literature of ideas that change the world." 

- Arthur C. Clarke

"Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic." 

- Arthur C. Clarke

"A book is a version of the world. If you do not like it, ignore it; or offer your own version in return."

 - Ursula K. Le Guin

"The universe is a pretty big place. If it's just us, seems like an awful waste of space." 

- Carl Sagan

"The function of science fiction is not always to predict the future but sometimes to prevent it." 

- Frank Herbert

"Fantasy is hardly an escape from reality. It's a way of understanding it." 

- Lloyd Alexander