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“Science fiction is the search for a definition of mankind and his status in the universe which will stand in our advanced but confused state of knowledge (science), and is characteristically cast in the Gothic or post Gothic mode.”

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Book:The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy

Source: The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy

“To think that realistic fiction is by definition superior to imaginative fiction is to think imitation is superior to invention.”

Thinking Fiction Definitions Invention Superiors Realistic Imitation Imaginative Realistic Fiction

Book:The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

Source: The Wave in the Mind: Talks and Essays on the Writer, the Reader, and the Imagination

“I like rules. I like definitions, categories, and writing advice of all sorts. When I'm writing fiction, there are often a lot of things for me to try to get right at once, and rules help me to stay organized. But my favorite rule of all is that, ultimately, there are no rules.”

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Author:Bruce Holland Rogers

“Much blood has also been spilled on the carpet in attempts to distinguish between science fiction and fantasy. I have suggested an operational definition: science fiction is something that COULD happen - but usually you wouldn't want it to. Fantasy is something that COULDN'T happen - though often you only wish that it could.”

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Book:The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke: History Lesson

Source: The Collected Stories of Arthur C. Clarke: History Lesson

“My platform has been to reach reluctant readers. And one of the best ways I found to motivate them is to connect them with reading that interests them, to expand the definition of reading to include humor, science fiction/fantasy, nonfiction, graphic novels, wordless books, audio books and comic books.”

“My briefest ever definition of science fiction is 'Hubris clobbered by Nemesis.'”

Fiction Science Fiction Definitions Hubris Nemesis

Author:Brian Aldiss

“The brightest minds in our field have been trying to find a definition of science fiction for these past seventy years. The short answer is, science fiction stories are given as possible, not necessarily here and now, but somewhere, sometime.”

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Book:Scatterbrain

Source: Scatterbrain

“A handy short definition of almost all science fiction might read: realistic speculation about possible future events, based solidly on adequate knowledge of the real world, past and present, and on a thorough understanding of the nature and significance of the scientific method.”

“Never believe that the fiction writing life makes sense.... It's insanity by definition.”

Writing Believe Fiction Definitions Make Sense Insanity Writing Life Fiction Writing

Author:Jo Beverley

“Prose gets divided up into fiction and nonfiction and short fiction and long fiction and autobiographical nonfiction and so on. Poetry can do any of those things except with the added definition of intensified formal pressure.”

Long Can Do Fiction Pressure Definitions Prose Divided Nonfiction Formal Fiction And Nonfiction

Author:Robert Hass