“The hypothesis is pretty; its only fault is that it is neither demonstrated nor demonstrable. Who does not see that this is purely arbitrary fiction that puts nothingness as existing and proposes nothing more than simple noncontradiciton?” ThinkingDoeSimpleFictionFaultsNothingnessHypothesisArbitraryPropose Author:Galileo Galilei
“Science fiction that's just about people wandering around in space ships shooting each other with ray guns is very dull. I like it when it enables you to do fairly radical reinterpretations of human experience, just to show all the different interpretations that can be put on apparently fairly simple and commonplace events. That I find fun.” PeopleHumansDifferentShowsFunSimpleSpaceFictionEventsGunScience FictionShipsWanderRadicalShootingDullInterpretationRaysHuman ExperienceCommonplaceWandering AroundDifferent InterpretationsReinterpretation Author:Douglas Adams
“I came at last to a recognition of myself as, in part, a Tom Sawyer who wanted everything done according to the rules of romantic fiction, and complicated simple solutions with his absurd adolescent, book-born nonsense.” BookDoneWantedLastsBornSimpleFictionSolutionsComplicatedAbsurdRecognitionNonsenseTomsSawyerSimple Solutions Author:Robertson Davies
“To only call Wizards, Aliens, and Starships engaging would be a real understatement--it is a delightful, funny, and immensely interesting romp through science and fiction. From candlepower to teleportation, all the way to the fate of the cosmos in the span of a googol years, this is a cornucopia of teachable material. It is also a reminder of the simple thrill of applying science to the world around us, real or imagined. A new classic.” WorldWayYearsRealWould BeSimpleInterestingFictionFateMaterialsAliensClassicCosmosThrillDelightfulEngagingRemindersWizardsUnderstatementTeachable Author:Caleb Scharf
“The best conversation is rare. Society seems to have agreed to treat fictions as realities, and realities as fictions; and the simple lover of truth, especially if on very high grounds, as a religious or intellectual seeker, finds himself a stranger and alien.” IfsRealitySeemsReligiousSimpleFictionLoversConversationIntellectualTreatsStrangerAliensSeekersHigh Ground Book:The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude Source: The Collected Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson: Society and solitude
“Narrative and metaphysics alike become flimsy and frivolous if they venture too far from the home base of all humanism - the single, simple human life that we all more or less lead, with its crude elementals of nurture and appetite, love and competition, the sunshine of well-being and the inevitable night of death. We each live this tale. Fiction has no reason to be embarrassed about telling the same story again and again, since we all, with infinite variations, experience the same story.” IfsHumansWellsReasonStoriesHomeNightSimpleFictionInfiniteCompetitionHumanismTalesWell BeingInevitableNarrativeHuman LifeSunshineNo ReasonAppetiteAgain And AgainEmbarrassedVentureNurtureMetaphysicsVariationCrudeFrivolousElementalsHome Base Author:John Updike
“I was also a science fiction and fantasy fan, growing up, in games and books and movies. I love Tolkien and I love Dungeons & Dragons, so the opportunity to have a fantasy-based RTS, or real time strategy game, at that time, seemed cool. I started playing it, and the early games were simple, but fun and they had these great heroes.” BookRealOpportunityGamesFunSimpleFictionFantasyGrowing UpGrowingFansHeroStrategyScience FictionDragonsDungeonsBooks And MoviesGreat HeroScience Fiction And Fantasy Author:Duncan Jones
“I believe in what science fiction can do, which is it can set up simple rules that it has to follow to try to illuminate something about the present that is somewhat invisible to us.” TryingBelieveI BelieveCan DoSimpleFictionScience FictionI Believe InInvisible Author:Brit Marling
“I'm not a reader of young adult fiction for the simple reason that these novelists are writing for adolescents, so they are not writing for me.” WritingReasonYoungSimpleFictionReaderAdultsYoung AdultNovelists Author:Robert Cormier