Monday, January 07, 2008

20 Things from Discover

There is a sweet section in Discover magazine on the last page called "20 Things You Didn't Know About..." You can check out a bunch of them here. They may not pertain much to speculative fiction but check out next month's edition. In hardcopy, the February edition is already out to subscribers.

The theme in this edition is "20 Things You Didn't Know About Science Fiction" and it's got some entertaining nuggets:

  • Arthur C. Clarke's 2001 features Pan Am shuttles to the moon
  • In real life, Pan Am wrote up their waiting list following the book's release which included Ronald Reagan and Walter Cronkite
  • Isaac Asimov wrote about interstellar flight but refused to board an airplane
  • Ray Bradbury, one of SF's greatest living legends, avoids computers, ATM's and has never driven a car.

Thanks Discover for these fascinating factoids. Hopefully, for the non-subscribers, this 20 Things list will be posted soon on the Web.

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