'Since its origins, science fiction has addressed issues in spirituality such as death, transcendence, meaning of life, human condition. Instead of defining science fiction as based upon science, we should better define it as based upon the " problematization " of our world. It construes fictional configurations which trigger readers' essential astonishment, and impose a sense of wonder. It tackles central problems, be it biological, political or spiritual. Opening to potentially infinite space and time, it can unfold quests on a cosmic scale, and revisit significant religious traditions to question them, or to delineate a space where sublime confronts mystery.'

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Claire Cornillon, Par-delà l'Infini. La Spiritualité dans la Science-Fiction française, anglaise et américaine (2012)

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