The last time I was in the States, I saw a young guy in Des Moines, Iowa (for Jesus sake, Iowa!) wearing a T-shirt that said, “Reality is a crutch for people who can’t deal with science fiction.” At that moment, I realized that the Revolution was over and my side has won.

The last time I was in the States, I saw a young guy in Des Moines, Iowa (for Jesus sake, Iowa!) wearing a T-shirt that said, “Reality is a crutch for people who can’t deal with science fiction.”

At that moment, I realized that the Revolution was over and my side has won.

—Robert Anton Wilson, in the preface to Semiotext(e) SF (via sciencefiction)