Oh, wow. This is an easy one. Easy and ubiquitous access to space, in all its forms. Great spinning Lagrangian colonies filled with bright white curving hallways. Moonbases with gritty miners and frontiersmen. Mars colonists, building the foundation a whole new world.

The 21st century has been hyped up to be the biotech century. Do you agree with this assessment? And if so what killer app do you think we might see (or would like to see) next?

I’ve got a lot of good commentary on this Brain Parade from people who are much more knowledgeable and articulate on the subject than I am so instead of giving you my two pence let’s just get straight to the commentators:

What is your favourite characteristic or quirk of an alien depicted in SF?

MT: My favourite trait comes from one of Niven’s creations, the Moties. Specificaly their idiot savant like ability to repair, modify and improve technology based on their perceptions of what it is intended to be used for.