I love science fiction. There are ways in which this community kept me and my partner alive through some very, very bad years, and I will always acknowledge that.
Interpretation
The quote expresses gratitude towards the science fiction community for providing support during difficult times.
Nalo Hopkinson reflects on how the science fiction genre and its community have been a source of solace and support for her and her partner during challenging periods in their lives. She acknowledges the importance of this community in helping them navigate hardships, emphasizing the profound impact that shared interests and connections can have on personal well-being.
In practice
In a speech at a sci-fi convention to highlight the power of community support.
You look at science fiction and look how often it talks about being alien, being alienated about the other. Look at the number of blue people - 'Avatar,' I'm looking at you. And it is now easier to find people of color in science-fiction literature and media, but the issues of representation are still really, really troubling.
Economists don't seem to have noticed that the economy sits entirely within the ecology.
Even though NASA tries to simulate launch, and we practice in simulators, it's not the same - it's not even close to the same.
A science which hesitates to forget its founders is lost.
In the long run, curiosity-driven research just works better... Real breakthroughs come from people focusing on what they're excited about.
We should be ready to reach out beyond our planet and beyond our solar system to find out what is really going on out there.
Cosmologists have attempted to account for the day-to-day laws you find in textbooks in terms of fundamental 'superlaws,' but the superlaws themselves must still be accepted as brute facts. So maybe the ultimate laws of nature will always be off-limits to science.
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