Sci Fi

Re the SF/sci-fi label: when a non-genre mag reviewed my books and described me as a ’sci-fi supremo’ d’you think I was going to write in and bitch about it? ❋ Unknown (2007)

Yet the term sci-fi, for Ms. Atwood, properly applies only to "things that could not possibly happen," like H.G. Wells's invasions from Mars in "War of the Worlds" 1898. ❋ Tom Shippey (2011)

In a piece published in the New York Times in 1965, Vonnegut insisted that he did not want to be classified as a sci-fi author and said some wounding things about sci-fi enthusiasts: They were clannish and childish about matters outside technology; and not many sci-fi writers could really write. ❋ Tom Shippey (2011)

As Rebecca, Jones is an intriguing discovery, and Neill classes up the joint, but overall, the script has some of the sparkless blah that has plagued Fox's other big-name sci-fi show this season, "Terra Nova." ❋ Unknown (2012)

But overall, the script has some of the sparkless blah that has plagued Fox's other big-name sci-fi show this season, "Terra Nova." ❋ Hank Stuever (2012)

Au contraire, he avers, “the creative energy of speculative fiction has been migrating from sci-fi to fantasy”. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Where water really is scarce—on planets other than Earth—novelistic imaginations have created wonderfully tyrannical dystopias, most extravagantly in Frank Herbert's "Dune" 1965, a worthy sci-fi favorite. ❋ Felipe Fernandez-Armesto (2011)

No way, you got your romance on my sci-fi! oh. wait! this is FANTASTIC! ❋ Unknown (2009)

Its sci-fi shoot-'em-up thriller Half-Life 2 has sold 2 million copies since 2004 and is the highest-rated PC game on the Web site Metacritic. ❋ Oliver Chiang (2011)

But I think it's important to understand that what may look like "escape" reading--whether it be a comic book, a romance or graphic novel, sci-fi or mystery--is actually serving an important and complex purpose. ❋ Meg Cabot (2011)

I do love this grain silo compound — like an Airstream trailer park or an abandoned set from an old sci-fi film. ❋ Unknown (2009)

His prose, casually neologistic and making deft use of sci-fi tropes, is bracingly sharp. ❋ Unknown (2011)

I think there needs to be different races in sci-fi/fantasy than white characters, I really do. ❋ Unknown (2009)

What kind of sci-fi name is that for a high-ranking ecclesiastical dude? ❋ Unknown (2009)

Star Wars, Star Trek, [Dr Who], [Battlestar] Galatica, [Babylon 5] etc. ❋ Siona Beht (2004)

[My favorite] [genre] is Sci Fi. ❋ Downstrike (2004)

[Really]! No Sci-fi? I [don’t] [believe] you! ❋ HelloMa! (2021)

Bro, you see that lil [sci-fi] over there? [That ass] is *[prophetic]* bro. ❋ Zarathrustra (2019)

Some of the best [sci] movies are [Godzilla] and [Star wars]. ❋ Scioli (2005)

All [Farah] [blabbers] about is [sci-fi] ❋ Farah'sCompletelyStereotypical (2018)

A: Do you [like to] watch Sci-fi [movie]? B: Yes, [of course]. ❋ Google Assistant (2022)

1. A bunch of Sci-Fis just moved in next door...they're taking over the neighborhood. 2. Traffic on Ft. [Harrison] wouldn't be so bad if it weren't for [the hundreds] of Sci-Fis trying to [cross the street]. ❋ SaveClearwater (2006)

Roman from the show [party down] who considers himself to be a hard sci fi writer. Roman attempts to get laid but finds himself [keeping it real] and blowing his chances. Roman: So, what kind of stuff are you into? Porn star: I don't know, I like all of it. Especially Dragons. Roman:Dragons? (sipping drink in disgust) Dragons are fantasy. There's magical talismans' or a [magic sword], or wizards, or fucking crazy, not real animals. All these basic things that break the laws of reality; that shits all fantasy. I'm into hard sci fi, fantasy is all bullshit. Porn star: Um huh. (Leaves the bar) ❋ FiveStarGA (2012)

Have you [played] [Star Craft]? It's a cool Super Sci-Fi [game]. ❋ Timothy Pinesworth (2009)