Last year, I mentioned how challenging it is to be a science fiction writer in the 21st century, because every time you think you’ve invented something cool and futuristic, it already exists. Here are a few more things that don’t exist yet — but they are coming soon. Sooner than 2060, probably, the decade in [...]
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Ten things that will disappear in our lifetime
A friend of mine recently sent me this list of the “9 Things That Will Disappear In Our Lifetime.” In brief, the list is: Post office, checks, newspapers, books, land line telephones, music, television, “things,” and privacy. I was going to write about these massive social and cultural changes, and their affect on science fiction [...]
Set Your Phasers on Stun
Today is my mother’s birthday. But wait, this is a sci-fi themed blog, you say. Well, in honour of my mother’s birthday, I thought I’d outline a few inventions that are sci-fi to her. Cell Phones: A few years ago, my mother insisted I buy her a cell phone. I did, and told her to [...]
Do You Dream in Color?
The other day a really cool bit of sci-fi news caught my eye (yes, I like to read weird stuff, don’t you?) and made me think of the old question – Do you dream in color? This was a topic of discussion in psych class years ago – they claimed that most people dream in black & white, [...]
Let Me Entertain Me
I must drag my family into the 21st century. We need a more modern method of recording televised programs. Currently, we have a VCR. Yes, you read that correctly: A Video Cassette Recorder. Granted, it also plays DVDs, but if I want to record a program on it I need to jump through several annoying [...]
Where did that come from?
Ideas come from the darndest places. I think this might be especially true for authors of science fiction. I happen to be one of those writers who is frequently inundated with ideas that I have to drop into a file and ignore. There really is only so much time in the day–even if I had [...]
Until The End Of The World
‘Until The End Of The World’ is a 1991 film directed by Wim Wenders and starring Sam Neill, William Hurt and the late Solveig Dommartin, with supporting performances from Jeanne Moreau and Max von Sydow. Hell of a cast, huh? Mostly a critical and commercial failure at the time of its release it has [...]
Net slang: The language of the future?
My upcoming SF novel contains both human and alien languages. Inventing a believable alien vocabulary is a huge challenge. But inferring futuristic English is no easy task, either. I operated on the assumption that leetspeak, chat acronyms and gaming memes would work their way into mainstream vernacular by 2062, as Generations X, Y and Z [...]
Meat from a Vat and Other Essential Supplies
Recently, a Russian shuttle intended to carry supplies to the International Space Station crashed moments after launch. While the space station has more than enough supplies right now, it’s easy to see how such an incident could cause major supply issues. And that got us thinking… In our Pandora Project series (book one, Escape Velocity, [...]
Get your robots on sale, here!
Can you believe it? You can now get your very own robot for the sale price of $285,000. Except, it will only have one arm. Well, what do you expect for that bargain basement price! Willow Garage is a tech incubator, a company given funding for research. In this case, in robotics. The future is [...]
