Now I don’t pretend to tell you how to find happiness and love, when every day is just a struggle to survive. But I do insist that you do survive. Because the days and the years ahead are worth living for.” — Harlan Ellison, D. C. Fontana, and Gene L. Coon, “The City on the Edge
“Your utopia is my dystopia.” —Gordon Jack
A pet peeve of mine is the idea that the only acceptable science fiction novel is the utopian story. Utopia, in this instance, refers to a type of utopia—antiutopian or, as it is more likely to be called, a dystopia. Science fiction depicting a better future society is somehow childish and unrealistic to readers who
“When a population is dependent on a machine, they are hostages of the men who tend the machines.” — https://bigthink.com/high-culture/science-fictions-best-quotes-that-offer-real-world-wisdom/
The Electric State A 2025 American Science Fiction Film Director Anthony Russo, Joe Russo Screenplay by Christopher Markus, Stephen McFreely Budget Reported $320 million. It is one of the most expensive films ever made. Music by Alan Silvestri, who also composed for Ready Player One 2018, Lilo and Stich 2002, Contact 1997, Judge Dredd 1995,