“Science fiction has a way of letting you talk about where we are in the world and letting you be a bit of a pop philosopher without being didactic.” WorldWayBitsFictionScience FictionPhilosopherPopsDidactic Author:Brit Marling
“For those whose ganglia were formed pre-TV, the mimetic deployment of pop-culture icons seems at best an annoying tic and at worst a dangerous vapidity that compromises fiction's seriousness by dating it out of the Platonic Always, where it ought to reside.” SeemsCultureFictionWorstDangerousTvsOughtDatingPopsCompromiseAnnoyingSeriousnessPop CultureIconsDeploymentPlatonicTics Author:Jonathan Lethem
“A lot of comic conventions go way beyond comic books and include other parts of pop culture, like celebrities and science fiction and movies and books. So I go to them either as a celebrity, or as a fan, because I'm a big sci-fi geek.” WayBookBigsCultureFictionFansScience FictionPopsComicSci FiConventionsComic BookGeekPop Culture Author:Jane Wiedlin
“Literary science fiction is a very, very narrow band of the publishing business. I love science fiction in more of a pop-culture sense. And by the way, the line between science fiction and reality has blurred a lot in my life doing deep ocean expeditions and working on actual space projects and so on. So I tend to be more fascinated by the reality of the science-fiction world in which we live.” WorldWayRealityCultureLinesSpaceFictionBandOceanProjectsScience FictionPopsFascinatedPublishingPop CultureExpeditionsScience LoveDeep OceanFiction And Reality Author:James Cameron
“I love fiction. I like reading short stories. Cupcakes, pop songs, Polaroids, and short stories. They all raise and answer questions in a short space. I like Lorrie Moore. Amy Hempel. Tim O'Brien. Raymond Carver. All the heartbreakers.” HeartStoriesSongReadingSpaceAnswersFictionRaisesPopsShort StoryAmyPop SongCupcakesCarverPolaroidsHeartbreakerTim O Brien Author:Laurel Nakadate
“For books, I don't read much fiction, but like travel essays and good pop-science.” BookFictionPopsEssays Author:Dennis Ritchie