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A lot of what the Culture is about is a reaction to all the scienc

A lot of what the Culture is about is a reaction to all the science fiction I was reading in my very early teens. – Iain Banks

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Technology determines the possibilities of society. It doesnt matter whether you start out from a fascist state or a communist state or a free-market state. – Iain Banks

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My point has always been that, ever since the Industrial Revolution, science fiction has been the most important genre there is. – Iain Banks

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In the last fifty years science has advanced more than in the 2,000 previous years and given mankind greater powers over the forces of nature than the ancients ascribed to their gods. – John Boyd Orr

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The virtues of science are skepticism and independence of thought. – Walter Gilbert

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The theory of undirected evolution is already dead, but the work of science continues. – Michael Behe

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Ive loved science fiction ever since I was a little kid, mainly from looking at the covers of science-fiction magazines and books, and Ive read quite extensively as an adult. – Matt Groening

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