Arthur C Clarke said at least the first half: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/05/books/the-science-fiction-boom-a-shared-passion-for-what-if.html https://www.ny

Arthur C Clarke said at least the first half: https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/05/books/the-science-fiction-boom-a-shared-passion-for-what-if.html https://www.nytimes.com/1984/02/05/books/the-science-fiction... > "We old-timers," Arthur C. Clarke remarked recently, "were able to accomplish something unique. We were the last generation able to read everything in the science-fiction field. No one will ever be able to do that again."