“Science fiction is the branch of literature that deals with the effects of change on people in the real world as it can be projected into the past, the future, or to distant places. It often concerns itself with scientific or technological change, and it usually involves matters whose importance is greater than the individual or the community; often civilization or the race itself is in danger.” PeopleWorldRealMatterPastLiteratureIndividualCommunityDealsRaceFictionGreaterEffectsDangerCivilizationConcernImportanceScience FictionBranchesReal WorldTechnologicalTechnological Change Book:Road to Science Fiction 2 Source: Road to Science Fiction 2
“I find it's bizarre that science fiction is the one branch of television to push the idea of strong female characters. And I only call it bizarre because strong women aren't fiction.” IdeasCharacterStrongFictionTelevisionFemaleScience FictionBranchesStrong WomenBizarreFemale CharactersStrong Female CharactersStrong Female Author:Steven Moffat
“Pornography is one of the branches of literature - science fiction is another - aiming at disorientation, at psychic dislocation.” LiteratureFictionScience FictionBranchesPsychicsPornographyDislocationDisorientation Author:Susan Sontag
“We live in a world ruled by fictions of every kind - mass merchandising, advertising, politics conducted as a branch of advertising, the instant translation of science and technology into popular imagery, the increasing blurring and intermingling of identities within the realm of consumer goods, the preempting of any free or original imaginative response to experience by the television screen. We live inside an enormous novel.” WorldKindFictionTechnologyMassAdvertisingInstantBranchesTranslationsImageryScience And TechnologyMerchandising Author:J. G. Ballard
“[Social] science fiction is that branch of literature which is concerned with the impact of scientific advance on human beings.” HumansLiteratureSocialHuman BeingsFictionConcernedImpactScience FictionBranchesSocial Science Author:Isaac Asimov
“Science Fiction is a branch of children's literature.” ChildrenLiteratureFictionScience FictionBranchesChildren's Literature Book:On SF Source: On SF