The Qualifications for Science Fiction

What happens if a scifi writer is a little too accurate? Is he drummed out of the fiction industry? Does he have to write for James Bond movies?

James Bond Power Ranking

Now that everybody's watched every single James Bond movie, it's time to get together and disagree about them. Here we go!

1. The Living Daylights
2. Goldfinger
3. Tomorrow Never Dies
4. Never Say Never Again
5. The Spy Who Loved Me
6. Goldeneye
7. Dr. No
8. You Only Live Twice
9. For Your Eyes Only
10. Moonraker
11. From Russia With Love
12. The Man with the Golden Gun
13. The World Is Not Enough
14. Licence to Kill
15. Casino Royale (1954)
16. Diamonds Are Forever
17. Thunderball
18. A View to a Kill
19. Die Another Day
20. Casino Royale (2006)
21. Octopussy
22. Live and Let Die
23. No Time to Die
24. Quantum of Solace
25. On Her Majesty's Secret Service
26. Casino Royale (1967)
27. Spectre

So what can we learn from this exercise? Nothing. No two people have the same list anyway. Or if they do, one was sent to replace the other as part of some plot. So that's the one thing to take away. Invite your friends to make their lists, and if any is the same, well, most likely you're a deep-cover agent brainwashed to forget that till the trigger phrase is said.

Science Q&A

Q. If there is intelligent extraterrestrial life in the universe, where is it?
A. ur moms house roflmao

Worldbuilding Tips

The first thing everybody wants to know about a futuristic milieu is what kind of ads they have. Celebrity endorsements? Regular people like you and me? A guy in a lab coat explaining the scientific properties that make one product the best? Don't try to tell us there aren't ads. Don't try it.

Time Marches On

James Bond is fantasy too, except for Moonraker, which is now a documentary.