Benjamin Jancewicz

“Destroy the culture-pattern in which people lived, and often the shock was too great for the individuals. Take away family and job, friends and church, all customary amusements and routines, hope too—and life became walking death.”
― George R. Stewart, Earth Abides

“he was a reader and so had still available an important means of relaxation and escape.”
― George R. Stewart, Earth Abides

“Between the plan and the fulfillment stands always the frail barrier of a human life.”
― George R. Stewart, Earth Abides

“At its best, science fiction stimulates imagination and creativity. It gets reader and writer off the beaten track, off the narrow, narrow footpath of what "everyone" is saying, doing thinking - whoever "everyone" happens to be this year.”
― Octavia E. Butler, Bloodchild and other Stories