"Science fiction writers put characters into a world with arbitrary rules and work out what happens." ― Rudy Rucker Topic(s): Computers Tags: characters, fiction, science, writers More From Rudy Rucker "One of the nice things about science fiction is that it lets us carry out thought experiments." "Some ideas you have to chew on, then roll them around a lot, play with them before you can turn them into funky science fiction." "Traditional science is all about finding shortcuts." More In Computers "Most of the musicians that I know almost to the man everybody uses Apple computers. They’ve thought of the steps that you’re going to think of when you’re trying to create your thing. And that’s where the tools get invented to make better art."― Mike Shinoda "Sci-fi films are the epic films of the day because we can no longer put 10,000 extras in the scene – but we can draw thousands of aliens with computers."― William Shatner "What I try to do is factor in how people use computers, what people’s problems are, and how these technologies can get applied to those problems. Then I try to direct the various product groups to act on this information."― John Warnock