Oolite Bulletins

Email and the internet in general: "The Machine Stops", by E. M. Forster.

Quite a few potentially from Star Trek. The 'communicator' (particularly the hand-held ones from TOS) are basically mobile (cell) phones, and staying with TOS, Bones used a spray injector to administer medication rather than a syringe with a needle. Such things now exist and are in use.

the Gourd has it.
surprised no one mentioned chip coins or some form of card. from many books i read as a kid. we call it PayPass in Australia just wave your ATM card to pay for things... might also be branded as "Touch and Go" ?

spud42 wrote: ↑Mon Jun 11, 2018 10:28 am

the Gourd has it.

Ah, wasn't expecting that, so no question ready. back later.......

Who or what is 'The double-decker dome'?

Sounds like a description of Abelard Snazz, genius-for-hire …

The multi-story mackeral goes to Big D.

Another list of five, then. Five political figures from five different SF backgrounds. These individuals should have been elected, or should have acquired their position - Supreme Ruler of the Universe, Sub-District Six Waste Disposal Comptroller, or whatever - through some formal process other than force or simple inheritance.

President Laura Roslin in Battlestar Galactica.

Palpatine / Chancellor of the Republic / Star Wars Episode I

Rikki Stormgren - UN SecGen from Childhood's End by Clarke?

Didn't Slippery Jim diGriz get himself elected president or something?

Smivs wrote: ↑Tue Jun 12, 2018 2:27 pm

Didn't Slippery Jim diGriz get himself elected president or something?

In The Stainless Steel Rat for President he does I think "win" an election - I'll allow it (unless someone can definitely say he didn't). One more wins the Herring-o-Questions …

My fave evil babe, Supreme Commander Servalan AKA Commissioner Sleer, Blake's 7

Servalan/Commissioner Sleer will do it! The fish is yours …