Kim Stanley Robinson Quotes

Science fiction, to me, has not only things that wouldn't happen, but other planets.

We have people being a little uncomfortable in their life on Earth with finances and so on, so Science Fantasy or Science Fiction allows people to think that there are possibilities beyond the gravity of our planet.

Science fiction is about things that plausibly might happen. Grounding my work in the real world helps make that clear.

I'm a fan of hard science fiction, which is science fiction that is possible.

Science is my territory, but science fiction is the landscape of my dreams.

[Science fiction is] a mode of romance with a strong inherent tendency to myth.

Science fiction can be exciting and very gripping, but it doesn't tell us anything about the universe in which we live.

I believe that science fiction is as profound as you want it to be or it can be very simple entertainment, and I'm all for very simple entertainment. Every now and then we all need to come home, veg-out, watch something and not think too deeply about it. It's what you want it to be. We tend to steer clear of being pedantic; it's entertainment first, otherwise we'd be on a lecture circuit.

I have always loved science fiction. One of my favorite shows is 'Star Trek.' I like the trips, where it drops my mind off, because they give you a premise and all of a sudden, you say, 'Oh!' and I'm fascinated by it.

I like sci-fi.

Science fiction is not formulaic.

Science fiction is very healthy in its form.

I love the science-fiction genre because there's always so many endless possibilities! It's a limitless genre and can be fun playing around with otherworldly ideas.

Science fiction has always had a dark side. There has been a touch of the irrational and absurd in the genre from the very beginning.

I read so much science fiction when I was young. I believe science fiction is the genre for exploration and to learn about possibilities via book.

One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments.

So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.

As long as the plots keep arriving from outer space, I'll go on with my virgins.

Science fiction is a unique literature. Science fiction is the first literature that says, 'Tomorrow is going to be different than yesterday, it's going to be a lot different.'

Science fiction is my way of pushing the imagination onward. It's a way to understand how the world will look in the future.

I've always been a fan of science fiction.

Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable.

I have this theory about science fiction movies in that, when the space race sort of died, a lot of people sort of lost hope.

Science fiction's power, if it has any, is that it gives us reasonable extrapolations, not wild and woolly stuff.

For me, the distant future and far-off galaxies is where it's at. That's where my imagination can really come out to play.