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  I had the great privilege a to interview renowned Analog editor Stanley Schmidt for a up coming show for StarShipSofa. One question I asked him really made me think well after the interview was finished. Below is a typed version of that soon to be aired interview. Me: Has the technology went in a […]

One thing that said science fiction and the future to me more than anything was the wonder of flying cars. As a small tot I would dream about some distant remote future… maybe even my own where flying cars would zip across the skies like metal birds, darting and dipping between buildings.  This will never […]

1. The intellectual excitement of the “What if?” scenario. 2. A deeper consideration of what it means to be human. 3. It challenges and stimulates our thoughts and reasoning. Allows us to ponder different ideas from our own. 4. A place where rationality and creativity come together. 5. Escapism 6. Are we not already living […]

At one time we had £0.63 in the Sofa funds but I felt great! That’s true… not long ago the Sofa funds were down to £0.63 StarShipSofa won the Hugo in 2010, part of the District of Wonders Network – things couldn’t have been better… then we hit rock bottom and it could have all […]