"People think that science fiction is about the future. I think it's about the past. Imagine, if you will, a planet where they build factories to kill people. Imagine, if you will, a planet where they kidnap people, take them to another continent, and enslave them for life." 
--Kurt Vonnegut
Interview on Morning Edition
11/19/96

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