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more about #stanislawlem ParryLost: And then of course there is the solution from Elizabeth Bear's Carnival: Build AIs that will save the planet... by literally taking apart every human ... more » NotChoinski: Hooray! You're reading Lem! more » jbq: If they ever did a sequel to Highlander, I hope they wouldn't let it involve Connor MacLeod designing a force field to shield the earth from solar ra... more » foolish-rain: re: Restart the Gulf Stream. Sure, it hits -50 in Washington and the world leaps into action. What is the world doing about the -50 temperatures we c... more » The_Sporean_Bob: Here's an an idea: make humans at least slightly autotrophic, i.e. make us photosynthetic, so we don't eat nearly as much. that way you need fewer me... more » LittleDragon: Lets just do a controlled eruption of Yellowstone so it sends enough ash in to the air to lower the temperature. We can do that, right? Right? more » dazoid: SAVE THE TURTLES! more » darthsodomizer: The Earth got used up, so we moved out and terraformed a whole new galaxy of Earths more » WestMantooth: Drop a bomb on the ozone. That's the American way. more » Doctor Who?: Another option is saying "Screw it", and creating a Ringworld or Dyson Sphere. Entirely out of the question with modern technology, though. more » ggodo, the man from R.O.A.C.H.: For the Urban Fantasy selection, Harry Dresden messes with Global Climate Change by getting involved with a Faerie civil war. more » CoyoteBrown: In Rainbow Six, (by Tom Clancy), a group of eco terrorists genetically engineer a virus strain in the hopes of wiping out enough humans to reverse the... more » geesejuggler: Hey, you forgot how the Sentinels in the Matrix made massive clouds to-- Maybe we should just forgot that route. more » CoffinDodger (If the typos crap. Blame my keyboard): I thought science fact has pointed towards the earth heating up all on its own regardless of human interferance! Maybe the question is not what should... more » Regular_Stormy: Global warming was also fixed by moving the earth farther from the sun in Frisky Dingo. But it was by accident. more » (DEAD) Goldwings - Remembered for his bravery and heroism... xD: Here's a simple tip even an idiot can do, yet we seem not to. If you have litter, throw the fucking garbage in the garbage/recycling. It can't be tha... more » Dr Emilio Lizardo: In 7 you originally say that ice is dumped, then you say salt. It's been a few years, but I believe salt is correct. And thanks for not forgetting Th... more » Roklimber: What's wrong with just planting more trees? Given how unlikely that solution is to be adopted, it might as well be considered science fiction... more » Grey_Area: Cyberbuhddisim. OHMMMM... more » lightninglouie: I always wondered who would win in a fight, the Robot Devil or Santa. (Tag team partners: Morbo and Lrrr.) more » -
#triviagasm
10 Ways To Rescue The Climate, According To Science Fiction
Hot enough for ya? Our crazy fossil-fuel orgy is driving the planet's temperatures through the roof. Good thing science fiction books and movies have come up with 10 can't-fail solutions (well, maybe they'd work) for stopping global warming. More » -
#triviagasm
Do Androids Pray to Electric Gods?
The final episodes of Battlestar Galactica promise to reveal everything about the Cylon religion. But those toasters didn't invent robo-faith — here's a list of all the religions which robots have founded over the years.
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#cultmovieworship
Commercials Worth Their Culty Cred And Stanislaw Lem's 1 Gets A Trailer
Sometimes, we have to stop and applaud the truly innovative directors whose work only shows up for a few brief seconds crammed on the TV. Vesa Manninen's collection is worth stopping to see the commercials. More » -
#thefuturologicalcongress
Stanislaw Lem's Trippiest Story Gets The "Bashir" Treatment
If you thought A Scanner Darkly's surreal mix of live-action and animation could work really well in adapting satirist Stanislaw Lem, you're about to get your wish, courtesy of Waltz WIth Bashir director Ari Folman. -
#fermiparadox
Why Aren't Aliens Talking to Us?
Several of the most imaginative minds in science fiction (and science) gathered at this year's Readercon to discuss a fundamental question of our existence: Why does it seem like we're alone in the universe? Writers Jeff Hecht, Steven Popkes, Robert J. Sawyer, Ian Randal Strock, and Michael A. Burstein offered their recommendations for the best fictional explorations of this question, commonly known as the Fermi paradox. See their picks, and find out more about one of the greatest paradoxes in human existence. More »
