Reality as SF

[gfish]

Remember back in early 2001, when things were tense with China? (Seems like a very long time ago...) That's when I declared we were finally getting into a cyberpunk future, and very little since then has made me want to rescind the claim. It's pretty cool and all, but every now and then I miss the old futures. Confused 80s NTSC futures, swinger 70s futures, humanistic new wave futures, golden age futures, victorian futures.

In light of this, I was very happy to see a Scientific American article on X-ray Proofing. That's right, radiation-proof fabric. Finally some classic golden age news, right out of the Lensman books or Venus Equilateral. midint needs to get a sample for testing, oh yes.

Comments

[vixyish.livejournal.com]

But where are the flying cars?

[tithonium.livejournal.com]

Request one. You're a director, and even ignoring that, the chairman's authorized it.