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31 genius sci-fi quotes that offer real-world wisdom
Deep in the human unconscious is a pervasive need for a logical universe that makes sense. But the real universe is always one step beyond logic.
Frank Herbert • Dune: The inspiration for the blockbuster film (The Dune Sequence Book 1)
“Now that we are here,” he went on, “it isn’t enough to just hide under ten meters of soil and study the rock. That’s science, yes, and needed science too. But science is more than that. Science is part of a larger human enterprise, and that enterprise includes going to the stars, adapting to other planets, adapting them to us. Science is creation.
... See moreKim Stanley Robinson • Red Mars (Mars Trilogy Book 1)
I set out to write science fiction partly for the liberated literary territory it afforded, and for the laboratory of ideas it provided to try to imagine better futures (usually by putting mirrors up to see the worst aspects of the present).
Christopher Brown • Empty lots
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