George Orwell's science-fiction classic 'Nineteen Eighty-Four' wasn't a failure because the future it predicted failed to come to pass. Rather, it was a resounding success because it helped us prevent that future.

Print science fiction writers often do consulting for government bodies.

No one disputes that seeming order can come out of the application of simple rules. But who wrote the rules?

Science fiction is the WikiLeaks of science, getting word to the public about what cutting-edge research really means.

There were four major 20th-century science fiction writers: Arthur C. Clarke, Isaac Asimov, Robert A. Heinlein and Ray Bradbury. Of those four, the first three were all published principally in science-fiction magazines. They were preaching to the converted.

It is either coincidence piled on top of coincidence," said Hollus, "or it is deliberate design.