Sorry for not posting yesterday, we were out getting sloshed. Bad bloggers.
We kick the week off late with a bit of a cheeky one…
With the help of a friendly timelord you’ve assembled a poker game with some of the greatest minds in history. Who did you invite and why?
I’ve just come back from the […]

It seems a bit silly but today’s question is something that I’ve picked away at ocassionaly from time to time since I was a kid….

What would the world be like if Science Fiction authors ran it? If you had to pick one Science Fiction author to run the world, who would you choose?

Yesterday we were serious and now we get silly again with the second parter of one of my favourite Brain Parades. That’s right its manky towel wielding time travelling author time again. For those of you who missed out first installment “manky” is British for used, worn out and filthy.

We continue reviewing books that are unavailable in stores.

A Brain Parade of reviews of Science Fiction books with a small twist, none of the books review here actually exsists. These books may not have the advantage of exsisting but at least we’ve done you the favour of giving you a sneak peak as to what you’re missing.

I continue my obsessive question of people with the question:

What is the strangest thing you believe to be true?

We return to our Mankind’s Destiny in Space debate origins by collecting responses to this question:

Do you think its important that human beings venture out into space? What does space as a frontier mean to you?

Time for another silly one…

The forces of Fate have decided that the world will come to an end. Fortunately Fate is a drinking buddy of yours and she let’s you pick the means of the world’s destruction. Do you take her up on her offer? And if so please provide gory details.

It’s time for the second installment off the Stumbler’s Brain Parade Experiment. I’m warning you in advance that this is a long post but I hope you enjoy it as I have. In the past two weeks I’ve gotten hooked on Stumbleupon, the idea seemed a bit naff at first but it can get addictive if you give it the chance.

In today’s Brain Parade I asked a number of science fiction authors (and one fan) a rather ambigous question:
Is there a conspiracy?

I’m a bit too drunk to comment on this one intelligently. But I’m not going to let that stop me. Yes there is a conspiracy but it’s probably something that no one imagines and by the time it comes to light no one will care.

As an experiment we decided to ask a load of the denizens of stumbleupon.com this question: What is the strangest thing you believe to be true? We got an amazing response and some truly fascinating answers. This is first installment of a series of articles so if you don’t see your answer here don’t despair, as I’ll be printing all of them eventually.

I asked a lot of people the following question:
What is the strangest thing that you believe to be true?
I started with a few writers and scientists whose answers are below. But I found myself continually asking people this question. I went on Stumbleupon and asked dozens of people this question. I’ve got all kinds of weird and wonderful answers…

We ask the very silly question: As the new Tom Clancy you’re writing a near future anti-terrorism pot boiler. Who are the enemies of freedom and what’s their evil plan?
Read the deeply strange responses of our brainiacs, commentators and your memetherapists.

I invited a number of science fiction authors to be mean with a silly question:
Is there a character depicted in a science fiction story who survived to tell the tale who you would have liked to have seen killed. If so, how would you have liked to seen him finished off?

Has reading and writing SF changed your world view? And if so how?

MT: As usual you have to read my answer before we get to the really interesting people, please bear with me but I can sum it up very simply.

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.

Just in case anyone suspected that we took this blog too seriously I’m running a whimsical Brain Parade featuring bloggers. Today’s question is:

We give you a coupon redeemable for any spacecraft depicted in a science fiction story (insurance not included). Which ship do you trade it in for and what do you do with it?

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.