Sci-fi Daydreamer Gifts

"I'm going to be rich, famous, and irresistible to the opposite sex any day now, Randy." "I think you've had one too many hot cocas, little buddy." "No, really. I've written a note for my descendants and buried it in a time capsule in my backyard." "Once they read it, they'll time-travel back to the 20th century and genetically engineer my embryonic self." "They'll bestow me with superhuman charisma, epic good looks, and money-management skills." "You're forgetting that to have descend

'This has given me a great idea for a novel.'

An astronaut fishes in volcanoes on another planet.

How we imagined A.I. in 1977. . . How it's looking today. . .

Schrodinger's Black Box

Sci-Fi Museum. New Exhibit. H.G. Wells War of the Worlds. In 1938, Orson Welles broadcast "War of the Worlds," a radio drama about aliens from Mars invading earth. The radio drama was presented as a series of fake news reports about devastation caused by the invading aliens. Many listeners turned in to the program mid-roadcast and thought the news reports were real. Widespread panic ensued. Wow! Orson Welles caused all that panic with a radio program. Just imagine what he could have don

Cat with Lion reflection in mirror

"Siri, who’s the fairest of them all?"

Epic Battles

"I've been genetically modified!"

Hot Air Balloon

"Well, you say it's wrong, but it could be correct in an alternative universe."

Book publisher telling author about some changes needed.

'I come from the future - any questions?'

"Really! A firecracker! Test his nerves! Where do you come up with these stupid ideas?"

"It's Houston. They have a problem."

Jeffrey's Time Machine: '...I want to go back and see what the world was like when people weren't so stupid and annoying!'

'You see a bunny, I see an off-site system maintained by a 3rd party providing storage, processing power and computer applications.'

'I have this horrible premonition that he's turning into a butterfly.'

Ukulelean abduction

Inventing Time Travel

"Write about robots."

"What's your earliest memory, Randy?" "Good question, little buddy." "I was five years old. An alien child crash-landed and I found it hiding in my closet. I befriended it and taught it to have fun. But eventually it got sick, and the government stepped in. That's when I helped the alien make its escape and reunited it with its parents." "That sounds awfully familiar, Randy." "I was a child. When some writer offered to option the story in return for a pack of Bubbalicious, I thought it w

"My next book? It will probably be about rising up and crushing humanity."

"Sometimes I wonder if it was worth all the trouble you went through to get yourself cloned."

Christopher Nolan has made some great films, but there is an Inception!

"How can you claim to offer directions if you don't know the best way to Epsilon Delta VII?"

With the right combination of key strokes, credit card info and open web pages, Dave unwittingly interrupts the feedback loop between star creation and black hole formation.

"Yeah, your inner child called. They want a nap, a juice box, and a restraining order." "Ruining whoops, running a country is tough. Maybe I need to relax and channel my inner child."

"You ghosts are pretty cool. I wish I could be more like you..."

Wordplay: Me.

"Find out who's got the licensing rights for this Armageddon thing and get them on the phone - quickly."

"I have a bad feeling about this."

"who knows, Perkins maybe one day in the far future we'll be bullying each other in addictive artificial environments..."

"In a Universe Light Years Away...Almost, son, but remember you have to light up all the people for your wish to come true."