I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time travel, the discovery of green monsters on other planets or galaxies, or that contain various technologies we have not yet developed.


Writing with Intent: Essays, Reviews, Personal Prose: 1983-2005 (ed. Basic Books, 2009) - ISBN: 9780786747764


I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time...

I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time...

I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time...

I define science fiction as fiction in which things happen that are not possible today - that depend, for instance, on advanced space travel, time...