Sci-fi Storytellers Gifts

'So our ancestors came here from another planet? That's so cool! . . . Cuz that means we come from the best of the best in the galaxy!...Or this is just a big penal colony.'

"My older self travels back just to remind me to put the cap back on this pen?"

Occu-Pie Mars

Robots search for people's personal information in the cloud.

"I'm grounded. I forgot to delete the car's computer history after we did those crop circles on Earth."

"These aren’t the droids you’re looking for."

"We've made great progress!"

In his younger days Spock was quite the comedian.

In the future, human thought will enter an age of clarity and purity never before dreamed of.

'Think I preferred the old Irish barman.'

...and then I...wait....What's that?? Whoa! We're on a spaceship! This is fun! Hey! What's this button do? Can I pull this lever? Are we there yet? Take a selfie with us? Do we get snacks? Can I drive? Are we there yet? Something we said? Just imagine if we'd been obnoxious!

'..and we thank thee for these bio-engineered vegetables..'

"Our light bill is astronomical living next to a black hole."

'Enjoy your meal! We grow everything ourselves!'

"Don't worry, they normally look like little humans during the early scans."

"Fred's calculating what future natural catastrophes he can ignore based on his probably life span."

The Solar System (after deregulation)

"In twenty seconds, our crew will be traveling fast enough to escape the Earth’s problems."

"So, what brings you in today, Mr. Brooks? High anxiety again?"

"Something very big buried a lot of bones here."

"Meet the author"

Outer Space Outsourcing

"We just watched a hypermovie!"

Alien David statue

'R2-D2 is not in. Please leave a message after the beep-wheep-zip-booop ...'

'Some of those youngsters have come up with a terrific new idea - feathers.'

"Relax. I just had a vitamin."

"Look what I found, dad!"

If time travel was invented in 1600 in England. I'm a fan of the bard. Let's see if he wants to take a journey through time. Globe Theater. Sounds fun! Let's go to 2020. It's a nice round number. Zazzz! Poof! That's weird. How did they know he was coming? And why does he need to leave this place? Apparently you can't be here, William. The sign says "No Shakespeare in the park this summer."

"So then, after I'd invented my time machine, I thought: why not go back and visit the good old days?"

"Good Lord! Life on Mars...adorable life on Mars!"

The Missing Sock Returns

"You left this on our ship."

"Are your eel rolls electric?"

"I think I may have stumbled on something, Walpole."