4 Ray Bradbury Quotes on Science fiction

Ray Bradbury quotes on science fiction

20. Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.

43. Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it's the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself. ...Science fiction is central to everything we've ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don't know what they're talking about.

49. There still are people who will come up to you and say: 'Science Fiction? Ha! Why read that?!' The most direct, off-putting reply is: Science fiction is the most important fiction ever invented by writers. It saw a whole mob of troubles pouring toward us across the shoals of time and cried, 'Head for the hills, the dam is broke!' But no one listened. Now, people have pricked up their ears, and opened their eyes.

59. First of all, I don't write science fiction. I've only done one science fiction book and that's Fahrenheit 451, based on reality. Science fiction is a depiction of the real. Fantasy is a depiction of the unreal.