We’ve got a no book review policy at Meme Therapy (conflict of interest, plentiful excellent review sites already out there) but that doesn’t preclude us from shining the ocassional spotlight on some writer’s work that could use more attention. So this week we’re covering underrated writers. These are the people whose work you love but whom none of your friends seem to have read.

The question this week is on technologies with underated potential. I’ve asked a number of SF authors, scientists and bloggers to pick a technology that exsists today that has the most underrated potential. I’ve got a variety of very interesting answers but first I’m going to begin with my cautiously optimistic but very boring pic: solar power.

We kick the week off with an interview with Science Fiction writer David Moles. He’;s been in some of our Brain Parades and he also maintains a blog (link). You can read more about David along with links where you can read some of his work online here (link).

It’s probably a sign that I’m obsessive about science fiction (hard to believe I know) but there have been times when I as a reader have considered what I would have done in the protagonists shoes. Not that I necessarily want to be in those shoes, given the sick imaginations of some authors, but sometimes I can’t help but wonder.

Science Fiction seems to be everywhere these days. Hollywood is clearly in the throes of a skin deep love affair with the genre (I suspect largely because it mixes well with CGI). But beyond TV and film Science Fictional ideas seem to seeping everywhere nowadays.