Allen Ginsberg
Poet, Activist
"There is nothing to be learned from history anymore. We're in science fiction now."
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Science Fiction
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Frank Herbert
Science Fiction Writer
"He who controls the spice controls the universe."
Yancy Butler
Actress
"I dig science fiction, though it was never really my thing."
Ray Bradbury
Author
"Fantasies are things that can't happen, and science fiction is about things that can happen."
Neil Gaiman
Author
"I'm sure there's an alternate universe where I got to become a pulpy science fiction writer."
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"Science fiction is not prescriptive; it is descriptive."
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"I never wanted to be "a writer"; I only ever aspired to be an science fiction writer. They'll tear that badge out of my cold dead hands."
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"To me, it's science fiction for me to do the things I've been blessed to do in this industry."
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"I was a very keen reader of science fiction."
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"Science fiction is fantasy with bolts painted on outside."
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"I love science fiction."
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"I was clasified as a 'Science Fiction' writer simply because I wrote about Schenectady."
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