Well, what attracted you to the science-fiction genre in the first place?

NPR: A Robert Wise Reprise

According to Brian Stableford, writing in the Encyclopedia of Science Fiction, the definitive reference on the genre, Camille Flammarion was the first author to present a popular fictional portrait of truly alien life-forms.

NEWYORKER: The Cosmic Menagerie

The first film, which was written and directed by James Cameron, is one of the genre-movie classics of the eighties: a lean, witty science-fiction movie without great pretensions to significance.

NEWYORKER: Terminator 2: Judgment Day