![Science fiction [is] the kind of writing that prepares us for the necessary mutations brought about in society from an ever changing technological world and as a result. The mainstream hasn’t excluded SF; the mainstream has excluded itself. No one told Jules Verne he was a science fiction writer, but he invented the 20th century.](/assets/img/quote-photos/science-fiction-is-the-kind-of-writing-that-prepares-us-for-the-necessary-mutat.jpg)
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