“Homo religiosus invents religious symbols, which he venerates and worships to save him from facing the finality of his death and dissolution. He devises paradise fictions to provide succor and support... In acts of supreme self-deception, at various times and in various places he has been willing to profess belief in the most incredible myths because of what they have promised him.” Has BeensSelfBeliefReligiousFictionSupportAtheismWillingWorshipIncrediblesVariousPositive AtheismMythSupremeSymbolsDeceptionParadiseSelf DeceptionDissolutionFinality Author:Paul Kurtz
“[Science fiction is] that class of prose narrative treating of a situation that could not arise in the world we know, but which is hypothesised on the basis of some innovation in science or technology, or pseudo-science or pseudo-technology, whether human or extra-terrestrial in origin. It is distinguished from pure fantasy by its need to achieve verisimilitude and win the 'willing suspension of disbelief' through scientific plausibility.” KnowsWorldNeedsHumansWinningFictionSituationClassTechnologyFantasyAchieveWillingPureBasesInnovationScience FictionAriseNarrativeExtrasProseDistinguishedDisbeliefPseudoSuspensionSuspension Of Disbelief Author:Kingsley Amis
“An intelligent man or woman willing to make a career of reviewing fiction is hard to come by ... And the temporaries do the work cheaply. Moreover, continuity may be got at the expense of intellectual arthritis; a reviewer who has been at his grisly task for half a lifetime may stiffen into prejudices of every sort, and become too anchylosed to do better than turn his back to a new wave when it rushes down on him.” MenMayHas BeensHardTurnsHalfFictionCareersWillingIntellectualTasksPrejudiceIntelligentLifetimeCriticsWaveExpensesContinuityReviewersIntelligent ManArthritis Author:Storm Jameson
“I'm the only member of SFWA in Nebraska, but I don't pine away for the companionship of other science fiction writers. I [go] to very few conventions. I'm quite willing to be that eccentric who has a very odd job, quite happy to be the only science fiction writer in town.” JobsFictionWillingMembersTownsScience FictionOddConventionsCompanionshipEccentricFiction WritersNebraskaOdd Jobs Author:Robert Reed