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Isaac Asimov Quotebook

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The Isaac Asimov Sourcebook: with citations Compiled by Averil Chase Return to the ASIMOV QUOTES INDEX A brief commercial message Please support this site by searching for sci fi, electronics, and other goodies at Ebay through our search box, and bidding on them...and winning them! Asimov on Science and Science Fiction: [Books][Coining Terms] [Eye Sci Fi][Science Fiction][Science and Technology] [SF Writers][Superman] Asimov on Everything Else: [Asimov] [[Education] [the Future] [Myth and Religion] [People] [Shakespeare] [Time] [Writing] on Science Fiction Books George Orwell's 1984 It is my opinion that more people bought it and talked about it than read it, for it is a dreadfully dull book-didactic, repetitious and all but motionless. Many people think 1984 is a science fiction novel, but almost the only item about 1984 that would lead one to suppose this is the fact that it is purportedly laid in the future. "1984," Field Newspaper Syndicate Asimov on Science Fiction, pg. 247, 248 on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein Mary Shelley was the first to make use of a new finding of science which she advanced further to a logical extreme, and it is that which makes Frankenstein the first true science fiction story. "The First Science Fiction Novel," Material for Frankenstein, recording, Caedmon, 1977 Asimov on Science Fiction, pg. 97 on H. G. Wells Invisible Man ...But somehow the tale of a dangerous invention does not teach the same lesson in Well's hand that it does in others. All the early stories of this sort seemed to say, "It is better not to know." They seem to be hymns to ignorance. Wells, to me, seems to offer the cooler advice of caution. Know, but be careful how you apply. And,that, after all, is an important word of advice to us today. "The Science Fiction Breakthrough," introduction, Three Novels of the Future, by H.G. Wells. 1979 Asimov on Science Fiction, pg. 97 All quotes maintain their original copyright and are presented here for research, reference and review. Thanks to Doubleday for permission to use selected quotes. Click on the icons for new features in The Thunder Child. Radiation Theater: 1950s Sci Fi Movies Discussion Boards The Sand Rock Sentinel: Ripped From the Headlines of 1950s Sci Fi Films

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