“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.”~Frederik Pohl American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan Frederik Pohl was born on this day in 1919.
“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.”~Frederik Pohl American science-fiction writer, editor, and fan Frederik Pohl was born on this day in 1919.
“[Science fiction is] a specialized type of fantasy, in which the prime assumption usually is a new scientific discovery or invention.”~Jack Williamson American science fiction writer Jack Williamson was born on this day in 1908.
“Human nature is violent, argumentative, fallible, and given to endless fantasizing.”~Donald A. Wollheim American science fiction editor, publisher, writer, and fan Donald A. Wollheim was born on this day in 1914.
“I think people respond to dystopian stories because they're ways of acting out anxieties that we have and fears that we have about the future. So much media's coming at you over the Internet, your brain gets overloaded. You don't know what to do with it. And one thing you can do with it is … Continue reading Random Quote for August 10, 2020
"I don't think anyone is more intrinsically holy. People experience God in many ways; and it seems to me that God does what the rest of us do: He chooses the means that best gets His message across."~Gene Wolfe American science fiction and fantasy writer Gene Wolfe was born on this day in 1931.
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