A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content. (Theodore Sturgeon)

A science fiction story is a story built around human beings, with a human problem and a human solution, which would not have happened at all without its scientific content.

Theodore Sturgeon

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