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—William Wilson, A Little Earnest Book upon a Great Old Subject, chapter 10 (1851). This is the first recorded use of the term science fiction in history.[1]
  1. ^ Westfahl, Gary. Science Fiction Quotations. Yale University Press. 2005.
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Greg Bear (b.1951), "Introduction to 'Plague of Conscience'", The Collected Stories of Greg Bear (2002).
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David Brin (b.1950), Interview, Locus (March 1997).[1]
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T. O'Conor Sloane (1851–1940), "Discussions" Amazing Stories (January 1927). This quote is notable for being the first "modern use" of the term science fiction.[1]
  1. ^ Westfahl, Gary. Science Fiction Quotations. Yale University Press. 2005.
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Arthur C. Clarke (1917–2008), The Sands of Mars (1951).
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Peter Nicholls (b.1939), True Rat 7 (1976).

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Kim Stanley Robinson (b. 1952), Interview, Locus (September 1997).[2]

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Vernor Vinge (b.1944), "The Coming Technological Singularity" (1993).

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Max Beerbohm (1872–1956), Zuleika Dobson (1911).
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Lionel Trilling (1905-1975), The Liberal Imagination (1950).

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Evan Harris Walker (1935-2006), The Physics of Consciousness: The Quantum Mind and the Meaning of Life (2000).
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—Harold C. Deutsch (1904-1995), Introduction, What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII (December 1997).
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Harold C. Deutsch (1904-1995), Introduction, What If? Strategic Alternatives of WWII (December 1997).
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Harry Harrison (b.1925), "The Time of the Other: Alternate History and the Conquest of America" in Strange Horizons (2002).
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Brian Aldiss (b.1925), Billion Year Spree: The True History of Science Fiction (1973).
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Ray Bradbury (1920–2012), "Introduction" in The Circus of Dr. Lao and Other Improbable Stories (1956).
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