If you had the power to ressurect a space program that was cancelled or never got off the ground which one would you choose?

My own answer is a bit sheepish and boring. All the space science missions that are currently being rolled back to pay for cost overruns in the manned space program.

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.

I was scratching my head for a way to introduce this Brain Parade when I came across a “Sex Slave Cult” story on the BBC. The “cult” (calling it a cult might be a bit much) is apparently based on the Gor books, a series of science fiction novels from the 60s. You can read the story here (link).

We kick the week off and clear out the cobwebs with an interview with Jeffrey Ford a quirky writer and a heavy duty blogger. Enjoy.

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.