“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
“This modernizing experiment seems to have something diabolic about it. Everything that was becomes rejected in the name of a modernity that assumes the nature of a fiction, an illusion, a devilish apparition. To a greater or lesser extent this applies to all the postcommunist countries.” CountrySeemsNamesFictionGreaterIllusionAssumingExperimentsRejectedModernityApparitionsDevilish Book:Fado Source: Fado
“Aging has brought me greater liberty in fiction. When I was young I was harder on myself. I wrote with an idea of absolute seriousness.” IdeasYoungFictionLibertyGreaterHarderAbsolutesAgingSeriousness Author:Dacia Maraini
“I hate to see great works of literature ghettoized, whereas others that conform to the rules, conventions, and procedures of the genre we call literary fiction get accorded greater esteem and privilege. I also have a problem with how books are marketed, with certain cover designs and typefaces. They're often stamped with an identity that has nothing to do with their effect on the reader.” BookProblemCertainHateLiteratureFictionGreaterEffectsDesignIdentityReaderI HatePrivilegeEsteemGenreConventionsConformGreat WorkProceduresTypefaces Author:Michael Chabon
“Great fiction can often present moral messages with greater power and clarity than instructional writing - since literature, after all, penetrates not just the intellect, but the imagination.” WritingLiteratureImaginationFictionMoralGreaterMessagesIntellectClarityPenetrateGreater Power Author:Charles Colson