“Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both t...” — Pamela Sargent Quote

“Historical fiction is actually good preparation for reading SF. Both the historical novelist and the science fiction writer are writing about worlds unlike our own.”

“Some people become passionate readers and fans of science fiction during childhood or adolescence. I picked up on SF somewhat later than that; my escape reading of choice during my youth was historical novels, and one of my favorite writers was Mary Renault.”

“A feeling for history is almost an essential for writing and appreciating good science fiction, for sensing the connections between the past and future that run through our present.”

“My books fall in the wobbly middle between historical fiction and historical romance.”

“As much as I love historical fiction, my problem with historical fiction is that you always know what's going to happen.”

“I'm a huge historical fiction and non-fiction fan.”