
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.
Science fiction writers, I am sorry to say, really do not know anything. We can't talk about science, because our knowledge of it is limited and unofficial, and usually our fiction is dreadful.
“Non esiste fantascienza senza scienza, come non esiste scienza senza fantascienza.”
Postfazione - Mondo trottola
Writing a science fiction story is fun, not work. ... the fun... lies in treating the whole thing as a game. ... the rules must be quite simple. They are; for the reader of a science-fiction story, they consist of finding as many as possible of the author's statements or implications which conflict with the facts as science currently understands them. For the author, the rule is to make as few such slips as he possibly can ... Certain exceptions are made [e.g., to allow travel faster than the speed of light], but fair play demands that all such matters be mentioned as early as possible in the story...
L'Adelchi o la volgarità del politico
da Genealogia della verità. Storia e virtù del dire il vero.
Citazioni di David Croneneberg
Origine: Da un'intervista con Roy Blackwelder, 1999.