“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.” StatesUniverseFictionMankindScience FictionCastsDefinitionsPostsConfusedGothic Book:The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy Source: The Detached Retina: Aspects of SF and Fantasy
“Art is the microscope of the mind, which sharpens the wit as the other does the sight; and converts every object into a little universe in itself. Art may be said to draw aside the veil from nature. To those who are perfectly unskilled in the practice, unimbued with the principles of art, most objects present only a confused mass.” MindMayLittlesDoeArtSaidUniversePrinciplesPracticeObjectsMassDrawsArt IsSightWitConfusedVeilsMicroscopes Book:Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Collected Works of William Hazlitt (Illustrated)