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And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science

And by the way, I wanted to point out that Kindred is not science fiction. Youll note theres no science in it. Its a kind of grim fantasy. – Octavia Butler

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Religion kept some of my relatives alive, because it was all they had. If they hadnt had some hope of heaven, some companionship in Jesus, they probably would have committed suicide, their lives were so hellish. – Octavia Butler

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Fantasy is totally wide open all you really have to do is follow the rules youve set. But if youre writing about science, you have to first learn what youre writing about. – Octavia Butler

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Science fiction let me do both. It let me look into science and stick my nose in everywhere. – Octavia Butler

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Science is based on the possibility of objectivity, on the possibility of different people checking out for themselves the observations made by others. Without that possibility, there is no empirical principle capable of deciding between different arguments and theories. – Jose Padilha

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A science is any discipline in which the fool of this generation can go beyond the point reached by the genius of the last generation. – Max Gluckman, Politics, Law and Ritual, 1965

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