If man survives for as long as the least successful of the dinosaurs-those creatures whom we often deride as nature's failures-then we may be certain of this: for all but a vanishingly brief instant near the dawn of history, the word 'ship' will mean- 'spaceship.'

Politicians should read science fiction, not westerns and detective stories.

No one of intelligence resents the inevitable.

Any technology distinguishable from magic is insufficiently advanced.

That's one of those meaningless and unanswerable questions the mind keeps returning to endlessly, like the tongue exploring a broken tooth.

Good morning, Dr. Chandra. This is Hal. I am ready for my first lesson.

Our lifetime may be the last that will be lived out in a technological society.