There's no real objection to escapism, in the right places... We all want to escape occasionally. But science fiction is often very far from escapism, in fact you might say that science fiction is escape into reality... It's a fiction which does concern itself with real issues: the origin of man; our future. In fact I can't think of any form of literature which is more concerned with real issues, reality.
Religion is a byproduct of fear. - Arthur C. Clarke
Religion is a byproduct of fear.
- Arthur C. Clarke
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all alo… - Arthur C. Clarke
New ideas pass through three periods: 1) It can't be done. 2) It probably can be done, but it's not worth doing. 3) I knew it was a good idea all alo…
The future is not to be forecast, but created. - Arthur C. Clarke
The future is not to be forecast, but created.
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion. - Arthur C. Clarke
One of the great tragedies of mankind is that morality has been hijacked by religion.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic. - Arthur C. Clarke
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here. - Arthur C. Clarke
I'm sure the universe is full of intelligent life. It's just been too intelligent to come here.
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - c… - Arthur C. Clarke
In my life I have found two things of priceless worth - learning and loving. Nothing else - not fame, not power, not achievement for its own sake - c…
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them. - Arthur C. Clarke
The only way to define your limits is by going beyond them.
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying. - Arthur C. Clarke
Two possibilities exist: Either we are alone in the Universe or we are not. Both are equally terrifying.
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