“Fantasy and science fiction can be literal as well as allegorical and there’s nothing wrong with enjoying a monster like a giant squid for what it is, as well as searching for metaphor.”
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China Miéville 102
English writer 1972Related quotes
The Twilight Zone, "The Fugitive" (1962).
The Twilight Zone
“Science Fiction has rivets, fantasy has trees.”
The Twilight Zone, "The Fugitive" (1962).
The Twilight Zone
Variant: Science fiction is the improbable made possible, and fantasy is the impossible made probable.
Context: It is said that science fiction and fantasy are two different things. Science fiction is the improbable made possible, and fantasy is the impossible made probable.
As qtd. in the Picturing The Modern Amazon exhibition https://mnaves.wordpress.com/2000/06/19/picturing-the-modern-amazon-at-the-new-museum
Attributed
“Science-fiction balances you on the cliff. Fantasy shoves you off.”
The Circus of Dr. Lao Introduction (1956)
“Like most science-fiction writers, Trout knew almost nothing about science.”
Breakfast of Champions (1973)
