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A lot of the science fiction that I grew up reading was written when we still thought that Venus might be an oceanic planet.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Fiction Grew Lot Might Planet Reading Science Science Fiction Still Thought Up Venus Written

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Even as a kid enthralled with science fiction, I wondered about the role of people in the long-term evolution of the Earth, the far future and the fate of humanity.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: About Earth Even Evolution Far Fate Fiction Future Humanity Kid Long-Term People Role Science Science Fiction Wondered

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Certainly for me, as an astrobiologist, science fiction has played an important role. One of the quandaries of our field is that we are trying to study and search for something - life - that we can't define in a rigorous way. We only have one example of a biosphere, so we can't really give a good definition.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Certainly Define Definition Example Fiction Field Give Good Important Important Role Life Me Only Our Played Really Rigorous Role Science Science Fiction Search Something Study Trying Way

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I was a science fiction geek from an early age, enthralled by the questions of life in the universe. As I got older, I learned that space exploration was real. I wanted to get involved in that. I knew I wanted to be a scientist.

~David Grinspoon

Topics: Age Early Early Age Exploration Fiction Geek Get Got Involved Knew Learned Life Older Questions Real Science Science Fiction Scientist Space Space Exploration Universe Wanted

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Fiction is socially meaningful.

~David Guterson

Topics: Fiction Meaningful Socially

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I was always into science fiction as a kid. I loved science and tinkering with things.

~David Hanson

Topics: Always Fiction Kid Loved Science Science Fiction Things

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Are we simply waving farewell to the days when some of the most interesting thinking in Europe and America came to us from our fiction film-makers? BBC2, which once introduced and showed great films, now shows none.

~David Hare

Topics: America Came Days Europe Farewell Fiction Film-Makers Films Great Interesting Introduced Most None Now Once Our Shows Simply Some Thinking Us Waving Which

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When I was younger, I was drawn to Ayn Rand books and other works of fiction celebrating individualism.

~David Harsanyi

Topics: Books Celebrating Drawn Fiction Individualism Other Works Younger

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The truth is, as you know, people like us look at what's happening in the world, and then we project it forward. We think, 'If I know A and B, then I've got to know that C and D are coming,' and that's kind of the way it's been with my fiction.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Been Coming Fiction Forward Got Happening Kind Know Like Look People Project Then Think Truth Truth Is Us Way World You

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I began writing fiction because it was the only way to tell all the intricacies of a real-life spy story.

~David Ignatius

Topics: Because Began Fiction Only Real-Life Spy Story Tell Way Writing

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