Topics pertaining to science fiction and/or fantasy, in book, TV show, or movie formats.
It’s rather fascinating, and pretty non-intuitive. The intuitively obvious scenario is that, if someone could time-travel to their own past, there would be nothing to stop him from killing his own grandfather before his father was born. But there actually would be something stopping him: the fact that he exists to go back at all …
This is the sort of thing I expect will become commonplace, as replacement body parts become a lot less expensive. (I’d love to claim credit for the prediction, but I’ve seen it before, in science fiction novels from at least two authors. One was William Gibson, the other I can’t recall the name of.)
From the always-interesting forgetomori site: […] But today I discovered at long last that there are natural lasers. This is quite a thing, as even if you already knew about that, I’ll say it also involves Martians! HG Wells! And Alien Abductions! […] If you’re at all interested in how science and science fiction go …
If this sort of thing appeared in a science fiction/fantasy novel, people might just blink and accept the premise. If it appeared in a history text, they’d shake their collective head over it and silently thank the deity of their choice that no one is that stupid anymore. But if it’s spouted by a modern-day …
I can’t believe I missed this. I’ve been fascinated by the idea of solar sails ever since I first read The Mote in God’s Eye as a kid.
This would be extremely useful, and not just for medical purposes — “cold sleep” is a common plot device in science fiction books and movies, for dealing with decades-long interstellar voyages, just as one example. And since humans obviously can do it, I think it’s inevitable that science will find a way to harness it, …
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Well, something is definitely wrong with him, and I don’t think Palpatine is completely to blame for it. George Lucas might be though. 😉
I always wanted a real tricorder. 😉
This may sound like something out of The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, but it’s closer to regeneration a la Dr. Who. Or rather, it’s the first step toward that staple of SF, cloned body parts to replace ailing originals. And better in this case, because you don’t have to grow a whole clone, with …
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Probably not, but it makes for some interesting ideas. A second photo confirms that the first hasn’t been doctored. Maybe he’s the one that left the tiny Swiss watch in the Chinese tomb? 😉