“I like to browse in occult bookshops if for no other reason than to refresh my commitment to science.”– Heinz R. Pagels Related Quotes “English is necessary as at present original works of science are in English. I believe that in two decades times original works of science will start coming out in our languages. Then we can move over like the Japanese.”– Abdul Kalam “Change is the principal feature of our age and literature should explore how people deal with it. The best science fiction does that, head-on.”– David Brin “So fantasy was fine early on, and when I discovered science fiction, I was very happy with it, because my first interest in science fiction came with an interest in astronomy.”– Octavia Butler