Science Fiction in the News

'The car faltered as the external command came to brake...' - Keith Laumer, 1965. (SF in the News)

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'Books were just a commodity that had to be produced, like jam or bootlaces.' George Orwell, 1948. (SF in the News)

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A device that electronically imposes sleep on a human being. From the 1964 story Sunjammer (new Technovelgy item)

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A space craft whose motive power is light pressure on a solar sail. From the 1964 story Sunjammer (new Technovelgy item)

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A device used in the small cabin of a solar yacht. From the 1964 story Sunjammer (new Technovelgy item)

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A simple device that filters water perfectly for reuse. From the 2015 story The Water Knife (new Technovelgy item)

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Automatic adjustment for a perfect fit. From the 1951 story First He Died (Time and Again) (new Technovelgy item)

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A robot that plays chess at a level that no human can match. From the 1951 story First He Died (Time and Again) (new Technovelgy item)

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A device that facilitates long-distance telepathy. From the 1951 story First He Died (Time and Again) (new Technovelgy item)

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'The semi-sentient artifact glided to a position behind McKie...' -Frank Herbert, 1964. (SF in the News)

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'Whoever launched it fired a laser cannon... for about forty-five years, so the intruder would have a beam to travel on...'- Niven/Pournelle, 1974. (SF in the News)

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'It is theoretically possible to have a matrix in which each individual molecule has a meaning...'- Robert Heinlein, 1951. (SF in the News)

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'He puffed heavily as he angled around the bulbous lifezones...'- Gregory Benford, 1989. (SF in the News)

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'The doors of Mr. Lars, Incorporated, shut, tuned as they were to his own cephalic pattern.'- Philip K. Dick, 1965. (SF in the News)

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'Each a television eye and a sonic stunner...' - Larry Niven, 1972. (SF in the News)

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'He emerged and flagged down a robot taxi...'- Philip K. Dick, 1955, (SF in the News)

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The computer will see you now. (SF in the News)

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'The robot solemnly hit a ball against the wall, picked it up and teed it, hit it again, over and again...' - Frederik Pohl, 1954. (SF in the News)

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'The legs are long, curled way up to deliver power, like a cheetah's.'- Neal Stephenson, 1992. (SF in the News)

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Absolutely amazing development - now blind people can read the web! (SF in the News)

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'I was only trying to do what I thought best....' - Arthur C. Clarke, 1968. (SF in the News)

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'Toothbud transplants...' - William Gibson, 1984. (SF in the News)

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And who has the largest DNA database on its citizens? USA. (SF in the News)

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'This must be a golden planet—this little asteroid.' - Garrett P. Serviss, 1898. (SF in the News)

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'Every AI ever built has an electromagnetic shotgun wired to its forehead' - William Gibson, 1984. (SF in the News)

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I'd like a friendly robot to help me at airports. Especially the bag-carrying part. (SF in the News)

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'This man was standing on two corrugated-soled titanium footplates...'- Fritz Leiber, 1968. (SF in the News)

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Sunglasses that connect with a remote database to perform face recognition. From the 2015 story The Water Knife (new Technovelgy item)

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