I am reading a lot of what you humans call “science fiction”, although where I’m from — THE FUTURE — we call it “science FACT”. As in it’s a fact — get over it already. Yeah we have flying cars, so what? Traffic still sucks, parking’s still a bitch. Plus now people die when cars break down and fall on them.

Yes we had that robot uprising — we dealt with it and it’s old hat. We’re all robots now. Robots or batteries. Yeah we had a Bothan as our President. He was the one guy that didn’t die getting us those blueprints for the Death Star. Apparently that’s enough to get you elected these days. But now we’ve got a Vulcan president again — like that black guy you guys have. What can I say, the Democrats are hot again.

I like science fiction a lot. “Speculative fiction” some might call it. You start with the real world and stretch it into the future or some other dimension. This has always appealed to me for some reason. Re-imagining the world as it might be and then re-discovering a way to live in it. There’s something really nifty and sexy about that.

Not that our world isn’t already weird enough. There are a LOT of weirdoes out there, my friend. You gotta watch your step.

I just finished reading Oryx and Crake, The Forge of God, The Black Company series (not sci-fi but fantasy). Am about to start The Handmaid’s Tale and after that Good Omens and a couple of other books. I should also re-read Snowcrash. Been thinking about changing my last name to Protagonist.