Robert J. Sawyer
Related DAVID GERROLD I can tell you that you will have your hearts broken more by the people you love than by the people ... MARGARET PETERSON HADDIX We've had science fiction novels where China is dominant; we've had novels where India is do... ALASTAIR REYNOLDS RIDLEY SCOTT Are you taking us to the beach?" - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Let's head out to the ruins." - Dan Cahill ROLAND SMITH It looks ancient," - Amy Cahill JUDE WATSON I'm an avid reader. Novels, non-fiction, comics, it doesn't matter. Best way in the world to... REID SCOTT SEANAN MCGUIRE GREGORY BENFORD It SMELLS ancient," - Dan Cahill JUDE WATSON Palm trees were fanned by a warm, light breeze, and they rolled down their windows to smell the sea. JUDE WATSON OCTAVIA BUTLER CORY DOCTOROW DAVID GERROLD I had not expected to ever be in a position to able to say, 'Hey, see the magazine with J. Lo on... ALEXI ZENTNER DAVID BENIOFF I've been on the cover of 'Time' magazine three times, not for my beauty but because wha... CHERYL TIEGS OCTAVIA E. BUTLER About f-f-ace!" she said to the horse, flailing with her boots. "Into the barn, please. It's time fo... PETER LERANGIS RICK RIORDAN ANNA WINTOUR GEORGE R. R. MARTIN Sometimes when we label something dystopian fiction, I feel like we're trying very hard not to u... PAOLO BACIGALUPI I'm still a big 'Grey's Anatomy' fan. BROOKE ELLIOTT I used to watch 'Grey's Anatomy' pretty religiously. ERINN HAYES I've probably read more bad science fiction than anyone else alive. But I've also read more ... GARDNER DOZOIS ALBERT BROOKS ALAN ARKIN REGGIE JACKSON GEORGE LUCAS I was listed in 'Time Magazine''s 'Thirty under Thirty' and have given three TED... ANN MAKOSINSKI WALTER MOSLEY ALICE MUNRO RICK RIORDAN I just saw a copy of a cover of a magazine that I'm on, and it's very weird and unusual. MIA KIRSHNER LOIS LOWRY I'm not that ambitious chick. I'm not chasing a cover of a magazine or an award. I've ju... YVETTE NICOLE BROWN I see myself on the cover of a magazine and I don't think that it looks like me at all. My first... ELIZE DU TOIT I think it's no coincidence that people who are good at writing far-out fiction are also good at... PAUL PARK I'm encouraged because you pick up any food magazine and there's two or three recipes involv... AARTI SEQUEIRA KEN LIU LADY GAGA Alas, I think I am becoming a god. TITUS LUCAN LUCAN DANIEL KEYS MORAN CONOR OBERST KEN LIU When I look back at many of the moments of wonder, awe, or terror that I've got from science fic... ALASTAIR REYNOLDS I was a club kid. I was on the cover of 'New York' magazine and discovered like that. VANESSA FERLITO In 1969, 'Life' magazine came up to me and said they wanted to do a little story on the Hobi... HOBART ALTER CHARLES FRAZIER The surprising thing is that so many teenage cancer novels are very good. John Green's 'The ... MAL PEET MARK HADDON DOROTHEA BENTON FRANK DAVID BRIN Obviously, in marketing, the best tool is to show the autobiography in fiction. It's inevitable ... DINAW MENGESTU FRAN TARKENTON For me, 'Blade Runner' is the best science-fiction film ever made. DUNCAN JONES I really strived to give equal weight to the two halves of my genre's name: science and fiction. ROBERT J. SAWYER KEVIN BARRY STEVEN WRIGHT Science fiction and fantasy feels like it's been ascending in the zeitgeist. JOHN JOSEPH ADAMS DAVID GERROLD They've also asked me now to start on another series that we're gonna do after this Frontier... BRUCE BOXLEITNER CHELSEA HANDLER Don't have to see," the pilot grunted. "Olga knows the way."GORDON KORMAN 'Mars et Avril' is a science fiction film. It's set in Montreal some 50 years in the fut... MARTIN VILLENEUVE TERRY PRATCHETT DAVID GERROLD WILLIAM SHATNER SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA SENECA ALEKSANDAR HEMON The 'science' in 'science fiction' isn't just physics and engineering. It can al... ANN LECKIE I always find Victoria's Secret models a bit weird. EDIE CAMPBELL I've started a company, called Tall Girl Productions, and we've got our first project that i... MELISSA ROSENBERG ELIZABETH MOON RAY BRADBURY JOHN UPDIKE STEVEN SPIELBERG LES CLAYPOOL Virtually every magazine, newspaper, TV station and cable channel is owned by a big corporation, and... TOM SCHOLZ I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principl... ALAN DAVIES JACK NICHOLSON LIN-MANUEL MIRANDA KURT VONNEGUT ROBERT ENGLUND DOROTHY ALLISON JAMAIS CASCIO Whenever you're dealing with something that's difficult to describe, that you can't get ... DIANA GALBADON PALMER LUCKEY I love science fiction when it's well-done. I don't like campy stuff. I don't like stuff... TAHMOH PENIKETT BARRY EISLER
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I was afraid that science-fiction buffs and everybody would say things like, 'You know, there... 
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