Speculative Fiction Quotes

Speculative fiction encompasses that which we could actually do. Sci-fi is that which we're probably not going to see.

If you write thrillers or mysteries or horror fiction or quote-unquote speculative fiction, men might read you, and the 'Times' might notice you.

Speculative fiction is where my heart lies. It's what I read growing up, and it's what I read as an adult.

I wrote speculative fiction because I loved to read it, and thought I could do better than some of the people who were getting published.

One of my central approaches to writing speculative fiction is to take an absurd situation, which we presently feel is normal, and then push it to an even further absurdity. It's only in this light that we can see the reflection of the disturbing state of our present-day affairs.