“A good science fiction story should be able to predict not the automobile but the traffic jam.”— Frederik Pohl Related Quotes “His men had begun gathering the wounded or stunned into a small group some distance back up the slope. Here and there an animal or human stirred, but not many. There were few cries of pain or fear now. Mostly, it was eerily quiet. Even the insects had ceased their music.”— Derek Donais “There comes a point when you either embrace who and what you are, or condemn yourself to be miserable all your days. Other people will try to make you miserable; don’t help them by doing the job yourself.”— Laurell K. Hamilton “Science is about the desperate effort to catch up with the 13.7 billion year-old facts (give or take an eon or two).”— Torin Sarasas