Peter F. Hamilton Quotes

In science fiction, we're always searching for new frontiers. We're drawn to the unknown.

With science fiction there's endless possibilities.

Science fiction made me aware of how big and strange the universe was, leaving aside the whole question of aliens.

The possibilities in sci-fi are wonderful. The subject is bigger than everything we know.

My love of science fiction comes from the idea of being able to explore ideas and concepts to an either logical or illogical extreme.

You do a drama, and you are limited by the rules of reality, and in science fiction, you create your own reality. Some people find that daunting; I find it challenging.

I grew up reading SF in the '70s and '80s, and I like fast, thought-provoking plots that take you places in fully realized worlds.

We never had books at home, but my dad, seeing how keen I was to read, took me to Islington Library when I was about eight and we pulled out two - a Biggles and a science fiction novel. I never got the ace fighter pilot but fell in love with all things to do with the future and space. Isaac Asimov soon became my guiding star.

I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff that's too fantastical.

Telling a story in a futuristic world gives you this freedom to explore things that bother you in contemporary times.

I would agree 'Paul' is a sci-fi genre movie. And a road movie.

I want to do a little bit of everything. I love sci-fi. I think it's more the characters that draw me towards things. I like strong women. I'm very interested in futuristic stuff, anything.

Science fiction still is an idea genre.

To me, science fiction is about the sense of mystery, the sense of awe. Not 'shock and awe', just 'awe.'

I think when science fiction is at its worst, it's just spaceships flying around shooting at each other. There has to be a lot more going on than that... science fiction is about exploring new worlds and new ideas, not about ray guns and action, necessarily.

In really, really good science fiction, the line between the science and the fiction is blurry.

I'm a sci-fi girl. If I can have anything in life, I'd want tons of great science-fiction movies and stories. It's so progressive, beautiful, and imaginative.

Star Trek wouldn't die. There were a whole lot of young people who were touched by the thought process of science fiction. If you watched a cop show, there wasn't anything that was going to stimulate your mind.

When you're a kid, 'Star Trek' is a slower burn. It's funny, it's entertaining, but it also has a maturity about it - which is its universal appeal, I think.

The great thing about science fiction is that it transcends national boundaries.

I've been enthralled by deep vistas of space and time ever since watching George Pal's film of 'The Time Machine,' while an early encounter with Arthur C. Clarke's 'The City And The Stars' cemented my love for books with a scope spanning millions of years.

Space opera was the sort of story on which I grew up. When I was younger, I read heavily in pulp magazines. They were readily available in the stores.

Science fiction sometimes is fun because it reaches so far in the future.

Science fiction is boring when someone starts explaining the science to me.

I've always loved sci-fi and fantasy.