Astounding Science Fiction

Famous quotes containing the words science fiction, astounding, science and/or fiction:

    “Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not.”
    —Isaac Asimov (1920–1992)

    “An astounding crate full of air.”
    —Seamus Heaney (b. 1939)

    “We have lost the art of living; and in the most important science of all, the science of daily life, the science of behaviour, we are complete ignoramuses. We have psychology instead.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Space or science fiction has become a dialect for our time.”
    —Doris Lessing (b. 1919)