The chief difference between horror fans and science fiction fans lies in why they won't walk backwards. A horror fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll be knifed by a madman. A science fiction fan won't walk backwards because he knows he'll step on the cat.

  • -- Aaron Allston 艾伦·奥斯通

恐怖迷和科幻迷之间的主要区别在于他们不会后退。恐怖迷不会后退,因为他知道自己会被疯子刺伤。科幻迷不会后退,因为他知道自己会踩到猫。

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Why do otherwise sane, competent, strong men, men who can wrestle bears or raid corporations, shrink away in horror at the thought of washing a dish or changing a diaper?

为什么那些理智、能干、强壮的男人,那些能与熊搏斗或袭击公司的男人,一想到洗碗或换尿布就吓得退缩呢?

There are three stages in scientific discovery. First, people deny that it is true, then they deny that it is important; finally they credit the wrong person.

科学发现有三个阶段。首先,人们否认这是真的,然后他们否认这是重要的;最后,他们把功劳归于错误的人。

Biography is a very definite region bounded on the north by history, on the south by fiction, on the east by obituary, and on the west by tedium.

传记是一个非常明确的地域,它以历史为北,以小说为南,以讣告为东,以沉闷为西。

Fiction was invented the day Jonas arrived home and told his wife that he was three days late because he had been swallowed by a whale.

当乔纳斯回到家,告诉他的妻子他迟到了三天,因为他被鲸鱼吞了。

If we knew what it was we were doing, it would not be called research, would it?

如果我们知道我们在做什么,就不会被称为研究,对吗?

Trying to break into the horror market seemed natural.

试图打入恐怖市场似乎很自然。