quotations about science fiction
Science fiction and tech policy each ask the "what if" questions. That is, what if we deploy this new technology in this way? How will it change society? What will the benefits be? What might the unintended consequences be? Science fiction is a perfect training ground for policy professionals to practice asking those questions (and be entertained in the process).
KEVIN BANKSTON
"How Fandom Is Helping Mold the Future", Slate, September 26, 2017
One good working definition of science fiction may be the literature which, growing with science and technology, evaluates it and relates it meaningfully to the rest of human existence.
H. BRUCE FRANKLIN
introduction, Future Perfect: American Science Fiction of the Nineteenth Century
Nothing is deader than yesterday's science-fiction.
ARTHUR C. CLARKE
The Sands of Mars