In Mike Judge’s movie “Idiocracy”, an average man from the 21st century wakes up 500 years in the future, only to find that he’s the smartest man in the world. This is based on the premise that stupid people are breeding more than smart ones. Who hasn’t seen the 25-year-old hillbilly with six kids and …
Frank Herbert’s Dune is one of the greatest works of science fiction ever written. While it’s not as popular as Star Wars and Star Trek, it’s every bit as engrossing. One of the things I like the most about Dune is that it shows a future that isn’t just an allegorical America. Many works of …
The lights went out again, plunging everyone into total darkness. The darkness was complete, snuffing out all light, from the overhead fluorescent lights to the afternoon sun shining through the window. Not a single blinky LED remained flashing. No flashlight would work. Nothing. The blackness was unreal – like an incorporeal monster snuffing out all …
I just finished the book Replay, by Ken Grimwood. It’s the story of a 43-year-old man who dies and awakes in his college dorm room. He then lives his life over again, only this time, he has knowledge of the future, so he can gamble on long-shot horse races and invest in the stocks of …
I have a superpower, but my superpower sucks. My power? I can see into the future. The reason it sucks? I can only see the next four minutes. I know that still sounds impressive, but it’s really not. To find out why, let’s go back to the beginning. It all started back in ninety-four. I …
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