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9780300108002

Science Fiction Quotations : From the Inner Mind to the Outer Limits

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  • ISBN13:

    9780300108002

  • ISBN10:

    0300108001

  • Format: Trade Paper
  • Copyright: 2005-10-10
  • Publisher: Yale University Press

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Summary

In this unprecedented collection of science fiction and fantasy quotations, the reader revisits the stunning moment when Mary Shelley's Frankenstein monster first comes to life; witnesses the transformation of Robert Louis Stevenson's Dr. Jekyll into Mr. Hyde; is present when Bruce Wayne resolves to become Batman; and overhears the cosmic conclusions ofThe Incredible Shrinking Man.Drawing upon two centuries of the vast and provocative literature of science fiction and fantasy, this comprehensive book presents more than 2,900 quotations from wide-ranging sources, including science fiction and fantasy stories, novels, films, and television programs. The quotations are organized by topicalien worlds; darkness and light; robots, androids, and cyborgs; machines and technology; weapons; and more than one hundred others. The reader will encounter the wit and wisdom of renowned authors (H. G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, J. R. R. Tolkien, Ursula K. Le Guin) along with definitive versions of such important statements as Isaac Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics andStar Trek's Prime Directive. With its thorough index, this book is both an invaluable resource for the writer or scholar and an irresistible page-turner for the curious browser.

Author Biography

GARY WESTFAHL teaches at the University of California, Riverside. He has published extensively in the field of science fiction and in 2003 received the Science Fiction Research Association’s Pilgrim Award for lifetime contributions to science fiction and fantasy scholarship.

Table of Contents

Foreword ix
Arthur C. Clarke
Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction xv
A
Actions
1(2)
Aliens
3(6)
Alien Worlds
9(4)
Ambition and Hope
13(2)
Animals
15(3)
Apocalypse
18(6)
The Arts
24(3)
Astronauts and Space Travelers
27(3)
B
Beauty
30(1)
Belief
31(3)
The Body
34(2)
Books
36(2)
Buildings and Architecture
38(2)
Business and Economics
40(4)
C
Change
44(3)
Children and Young People
47(3)
Choice
50(2)
Cities
52(2)
Civilization and Barbarism
54(4)
Class System
58(2)
Clothing and Nudity
60(1)
Communication and Speech
61(3)
Communities
64(2)
Computers
66(3)
Cosmology and Eschatology
69(4)
Courage and Cowardice
73(2)
Cultures and Anthropology
75(3)
D
Darkness and Light
78(2)
Death
80(10)
Destiny
90(1)
Dimensions
91(4)
Dreams and Sleep
95(5)
E
Earth
100(3)
Education
103(4)
Emotions
107(3)
Evil
110(3)
Evolution
113(3)
Exploration and Adventure
116(5)
F
Fear and Horror
121(3)
Flying
124(1)
Folly and Stupidity
125(2)
Food and Drink
127(3)
Freedom
130(2)
Friendship
132(2)
The Future
134(5)
G
God
139(4)
Gods and Demons
143(2)
Governments
145(5)
H
Happiness and Sadness
150(4)
Heroes and Superheroes
154(3)
History
157(6)
Humanity
163(15)
Humor and Laughter
178(2)
I
Imagination and Ideas
180(2)
Immortality
182(3)
Impossibility
185(1)
Individualism and Identity
186(3)
Intelligence
189(4)
J
Justice
193(3)
K
Kindness
196(2)
Knowledge and Information
198(6)
L
Language
204(4)
Laws and Crimes
208(3)
The Laws of Science Fiction
211(4)
Life
215(6)
Logic
221(2)
Loneliness and Solitude
223(3)
Love and Romance
226(4)
M
Machines and Technology
230(4)
Madness and Sanity
234(4)
Marriage
238(2)
Mathematics
240(1)
Media
241(2)
Medicine and Disease
243(2)
Memory
245(2)
Money
247(1)
Monsters
248(4)
Morality
252(2)
Mothers and Fathers
254(2)
Music
256(2)
N
Nature
258(3)
O
Old Age
261(2)
Overpopulation
263(2)
P
Pain and Suffering
265(2)
Paradoxes
267(1)
Paranoia
268(2)
Perception and Vision
270(4)
Plants
274(2)
Politics
276(3)
Power
279(4)
Problems
283(2)
Progress
285(6)
Psychic Powers
291(1)
Psychology
292(5)
Q
Questions and Answers
297(3)
R
Race Relations
300(2)
Reality
302(4)
Religion
306(5)
Revolution and Rebellion
311(2)
Roads and Automobiles
313(2)
Robots, Androids, and Cyborgs
315(5)
S
Science
320(3)
Science Fiction
323(9)
Scientists
332(3)
The Sea
335(2)
Secrets and Mysteries
337(1)
Sex
338(2)
Space
340(5)
Spaceships
345(2)
Space Travel
347(8)
Stars
355(3)
Stories and Writers
358(3)
Surrealism
361(3)
Survival
364(3)
T
Thinking
367(3)
Time
370(5)
Time Travel
375(3)
Travel
378(2)
Truth
380(5)
U
The Universe
385(7)
The Unknown
392(1)
Utopia
393(4)
V
Violence
397(3)
W
War and Peace
400(5)
Wealth and Possessions
405(3)
Weapons
408(1)
Wisdom
409(3)
Women and Men
412(5)
Work
417(4)
Index of Authors 421(16)
Index of Titles 437

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