“I write fantasy. The only science fiction I have written is Fahrenheit 451.”
It's the art of the possible. Science fiction is the art of the possible. It could happen. It has happened. <br class="br"> A Conversation with Ray Bradbury - Point Loma Nazarene University, Writer's Symposium By The Sea; April, 2001 http://www.cosmolearning.com/videos/a-conversation-with-ray-bradbury-2001-1131/
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Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
The Twilight Zone, "The Fugitive" (1962).
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George Raymond Richard Martin (1948) American writer, screenwriter and television producer
Interview with Weird Tales (24 May 2007) http://weirdtales.net/wordpress/2007/05/24/george-rr-martin-on-magic-vs-science/ <br class="br">Context: I think that for science fiction, fantasy, and even horror to some extent, the differences are skin-deep. I know there are elements in the field, particularly in science fiction, who feel that the differences are very profound, but I do not agree with that analysis. I think for me it is a matter of the furnishings. An elf or an alien may in some ways fulfill the same function, as a literary trope. It’s almost a matter of flavor. The ice cream can be chocolate or it can be strawberry, but it’s still ice cream. The real difference, to my mind, is between romantic fiction, which all these genres are a part of, and mimetic fiction, or naturalistic fiction.
Isaac Asimov (1920–1992) American writer and professor of biochemistry at Boston University, known for his works of science fiction …
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“I am not a science fiction writer. I am a fantasy writer. But the label got put on me and stuck.”
Ray Bradbury (1920–2012) American writer
Ray Bradbury interview http://lists.topica.com/lists/gsn-newsday-list/read/message.html?sort=t&mid=911788456 March 23, 2005
“I am often asked is [my work] science fiction or fantasy and my answer is usually ‘Yes’.”
China Miéville (1972) English writer
In a panel about his work in Comic Con 2010. Quoted in China Miéville Takes Comic Con http://www.tor.com/blogs/2010/08/china-mieville-takes-comic-con.
Rod Serling (1924–1975) American screenwriter
"Rod Serling Recalls Planet of the Apes" http://twilightzonewor.fr.yuku.com/topic/7412/Rod-Serling-Recalls-Planet-of-the-Apes#.VmHyirgrLIU. <br class="br">Other
“Science Fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees.”
Orson Scott Card (1951) American science fiction novelist