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fiction people science scientists tells time virtually visible
My feeling is that science is virtually an unexplored ground. It's very visible - more so all the time - but there's no fiction that tells us how scientists think, and they really don't think the way that other people do. Gregory Benford
fictional remains
More than 100 years after he first appeared, Holmes remains the template for the fictional detective. Mark Billingham
fiction easy tales
How easy it is to tell tales! Denis Diderot
fiction hub
That is partly why women marry - to keep up the fiction of being in the hub of things. Elizabeth Bowen
fiction stories knows
[My early stories] are the work of a living writer whom I know in a sense, but can never meet.
fiction autobiography bounds
... any fictionis bound to be transposed autobiography.
fiction hard tendency weakness
I have a tendency to embellish: I think it's a weakness of fiction writers. Once you know how to make a story better, it's hard not to do it all the time. Sarah Dessen
fiction humor low pitch relief short throws trying
Short fiction is like low relief. And if your story has no humor in it, then you're trying to look at something in the pitch dark. With the light of humor, it throws what you're writing into relief so that you can actually see it. Elizabeth McCracken
fiction fondness hard historical mind science wondrous
I have a fondness for historical fiction, something wondrous like 'Wolf Hall,' but I'll read most anything as long as the story grabs my mind or my heart, and preferably both. You would be hard pressed, however, to find science fiction on my shelves. Sue Monk Kidd
geek massive
I'm a geek - I read fantasy novels, I play 'World of Warcraft,' I'm a massive gamer, I have 'Star Trek' outfits. Robert Kazinsky
geeks home learn people saturday stay stuff time
The only people who have time to learn all this stuff are geeks who stay home on Saturday night. Robert Stephens
geek guy yearn
I would always have been the geek who's your friend. I will never be the dark guy with a sensitive side, as much as I yearn to be. Jon Cryer
geek love
I am a big, big geek at heart and a Sci-fi fan. And I love the Comic-Cons. Paula Garces
geeks movies
I'm just glad I've had these opportunities to be geeks in some really awesome movies. Christopher Mintz-Plasse
geek guy hardware life maybe national nerd nerds picked school
A nerd will be a nerd all his life. When we did The Nerd Book at National Lampoon, the nerds got picked up as if there were a lot of them at every school - and there aren't. Maybe two. There are many more geeks. A geek is a guy who has everything going for him, but he's just too young. He's got the software, but he doesn't have the hardware yet. John Hughes
geek love
I love my sci-fi. I love my fantasy. Yeah! I can say it. I'm a geek. I'm a geek and I'm a proud geek! Erica Cerra
geek overrated what-you-love
Cool is overrated. Be a geek for what you Love Bridgit Mendler
geeks stock
I grade my stocks. I'm what they call a quant, one of the geeks of the stock market.
fantasy globe hear mind people pure throughout
Moments are incredible, but in my fantasy mind I see a Globe company which is renowned throughout the world for what it does with pure storytelling. So that people come and say: it's not just the building, it's the only place you can hear this kind of work. Mark Rylance
fantasy fiction genres matters medical offer science technology
One of the most interesting things about science fiction and fantasy is the way that the genres can offer different perspectives on matters to do with the body, the mind, medical technology, and the way we live our lives.
fantasy-love affair bizarre
My biggest fantasy love affair was with Dustin Hoffman. It's so bizarre. Also Anthony Hopkins. Debra Messing
fantasy home touch work
I work in fantasy all day, so when I go home, I want to touch reality. Johnny Galecki
fantasy huge love maybe
I'm a huge 'Harry Potter' fan. When you're acting, it's a fantasy already, maybe it's the costumes, I love it. It's so fun. Meghan Ory
fantasy fast prisoners
'The Black Prism' is a story of emperors and prisoners and magic set in a Mediterranean, 1600-esque world. It's a fantasy story; it's fast and fun and inventive. Brent Weeks
fantasy fiction folk music original science slightly words works written
'Filk' is the folk music of the science fiction and fantasy community - you get parodies, you get traditional music that's had the words slightly modified, and you'll also get just original works that have been written about science fiction and fantasy works, or with science fiction and fantasy themes.
fantasy guess seem strangely understand worlds writers
I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess it doesn't seem strange. And I guess that's their privilege. It isn't mine.
fantasy problem enough
The problem with most genre fantasy is that it's not nearly fantastic enough. It's escapist, but it can't escape. China Mieville