Science Fiction Quotations

From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits

By: Gary Westfahl (Editor), Arthur C. Clarke (Foreword by)

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In this unprecedented collection of science fiction and fantasy quotations, the reader revisits the stunning moment when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein monster first comes to life; witnesses the transformation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde; is present when Bruce Wayne resolves to become Batman; and overhears the cosmic conclusions of "The Incredible Shrinking Man. "Drawing upon two centuries of the vast and provocative literature of science fiction and fantasy, this comprehensive book presents more than 2,900 quotations from wide-ranging sources, including science fiction and fantasy stories, novels, films, and television programs.
The quotations are organized by topic--alien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics and "Star Trek"'s Prime Directive.
With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.

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"A massive undertaking that would have daunted all but the most indefatigable of researchers - and one for which generations of science fiction writers and enthusiasts will be extremely grateful." - Sir Arthur C. Clarke, from the foreword "There is a difference between knowing the path and walking the path." - Andy Wachowski and Larry Wachowski, The Matrix (1999) "It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end." - Ursula K. Le Guin, The Left Hand of Darkness (1969) "All human beings, as we meet them, are commingled out of good and evil." - Robert Louis Stevenson, Strange Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde (1886)

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Non-Fiction Reference, Information & Interdisciplinary Subjects Encyclopaedias & Reference Works Reference Works Dictionaries of Quotations Fiction Science Fiction Language & Linguistics Reference, Dictionaries & Guides

Foreword	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Introduction	p. xv

Actions	p. 1
Aliens	p. 3
Alien Worlds	p. 9
Ambition and Hope	p. 13
Animals	p. 15
Apocalypse	p. 18
The Arts	p. 24
Astronauts and Space Travelers	p. 27

Beauty	p. 30
Belief	p. 31
The Body	p. 34
Books	p. 36
Buildings and Architecture	p. 38
Business and Economics	p. 40

Change	p. 44
Children and Young People	p. 47
Choice	p. 50
Cities	p. 52
Civilization and Barbarism	p. 54
Class System	p. 58
Clothing and Nudity	p. 60
Communication and Speech	p. 61
Communities	p. 64
Computers	p. 66
Cosmology and Eschatology	p. 69
Courage and Cowardice	p. 73
Cultures and Anthropology	p. 75

Darkness and Light	p. 78
Death	p. 80
Destiny	p. 90
Dimensions	p. 91
Dreams and Sleep	p. 95

Earth	p. 100
Education	p. 103
Emotions	p. 107
Evil	p. 110
Evolution	p. 113
Exploration and Adventure	p. 116

Fear and Horror	p. 121
Flying	p. 124
Folly and Stupidity	p. 125
Food and Drink	p. 127
Freedom	p. 130
Friendship	p. 132
The Future	p. 134

God	p. 139
Gods and Demons	p. 143
Governments	p. 145

Happiness and Sadness	p. 150
Heroes and Superheroes	p. 154
History	p. 157
Humanity	p. 163
Humor and Laughter	p. 178

Imagination and Ideas	p. 180
Immortality	p. 182
Impossibility	p. 185
Individualism and Identity	p. 186
Intelligence	p. 189

Justice	p. 193

Kindness	p. 196
Knowledge and Information	p. 198

Language	p. 204
Laws and Crimes	p. 208
The Laws of Science Fiction	p. 211
Life	p. 215
Logic	p. 221
Loneliness and Solitude	p. 223
Love and Romance	p. 226

Machines and Technology	p. 230
Madness and Sanity	p. 234
Marriage	p. 238
Mathematics	p. 240
Media	p. 241
Medicine and Disease	p. 243
Memory	p. 245
Money	p. 247
Monsters	p. 248
Morality	p. 252
Mothers and Fathers	p. 254
Music	p. 256

Nature	p. 258

Old Age	p. 261
Overpopulation	p. 263

Pain and Suffering	p. 265
Paradoxes	p. 267
Paranoia	p. 268
Perception and Vision	p. 270
Plants	p. 274
Politics	p. 276
Power	p. 279
Problems	p. 283
Progress	p. 285
Psychic Powers	p. 291
Psychology	p. 292

Questions and Answers	p. 297

Race Relations	p. 300
Reality	p. 302
Religion	p. 306
Revolution and Rebellion	p. 311
Roads and Automobiles	p. 313
Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs	p. 315

Science	p. 320
Science Fiction	p. 323
Scientists	p. 332
The Sea	p. 335
Secrets and Mysteries	p. 337
Sex	p. 338
Space	p. 340
Spaceships	p. 345
Space Travel	p. 347
Stars	p. 355
Stories and Writers	p. 358
Surrealism	p. 361
Survival	p. 364

Thinking	p. 367
Time	p. 370
Time Travel	p. 375
Travel	p. 378
Truth	p. 380

The Universe	p. 385
The Unknown	p. 392
Utopia	p. 393

Violence	p. 397

War and Peace	p. 400
Wealth and Possessions	p. 405
Weapons	p. 408
Wisdom	p. 409
Women and Men	p. 412
Work	p. 417
Index of Authors	p. 421
Index of Titles	p. 437
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