Top 6 Quotes & Sayings by James Blish

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an American author James Blish.
Last updated on November 24, 2024.
James Blish

James Benjamin Blish was an American science fiction and fantasy writer. He is best known for his Cities in Flight novels and his series of Star Trek novelizations written with his wife, J. A. Lawrence. His novel A Case of Conscience won the Hugo Award. He is credited with creating the term "gas giant" to refer to large planetary bodies.

Now that I'm a free agent I mean to make my own choices, and explain them to nobody if that's what pleases me.
But now the shots began—not many, but one shot is a fusillade if there have been no shots before.
Who does it hurt? That's who the story is about. — © James Blish
Who does it hurt? That's who the story is about.
In retrospect, each of the steps toward this abyss seemed irrevocable, and yet they had all been so small!
Credit . . . is the only enduring testimonial to man's confidence in man.
The omelette tasted like flannel.
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