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Mind you, what we are discussing isn’t religion, per se, but religious feeling. This isn’t the feeling someone has toward God—it’s atheistic, and not in the complicated way of Spinoza or whomever. The religious feeling of science fiction is a deep sense of awe at the great mysteries of the universe.

— Liu Cixin A View from the Stars (2024)

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The world of fantasy and myth isn’t really that large.

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The glories and obstacles of the past are just a speck compared to the vastness of the future.

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