science fiction
The bridge between imagination and technological advancement, where the dreamer’s vision predicts change, and foreshadows a futuristic reality. Science fiction has the ability to become “science reality”.
"No pity! No remorse! No fear!”
Trillions of micro-organisms, falling like dust motes, settled over the once bustling Hive City like a slow rolling fog, blurring anything beyond a few skyscrapers into a haze of bleak gray. The scent of mold and dead things, the echoes of what my rebreather missed, filled my nostrils. I tried to get a signal to the marines. Nothing. My arm shook as I tried to broadcast any message, but it was no use. Damn it. The spores must block coms. The scouting party had been split for roughly twelve minutes now. The atmospheric interference was too intense for any chance of rescue, but if I could reach higher ground...
By Chad McBroski2 months ago in Futurism
Revenge Of The Words
I used to be a pilot. I flew missions in World War Two, dammit. Later, I flew for a major airline. Then I served in the police department in Los Angeles. That got me into my lifelong love for writing. Scripts, mostly. I was not too shabby. You might have seen some of my work. But that was so long ago. So very long ago. Now? Let's just say I'm not the man I used to be. Things have changed so much since those heady days of early television. Back then the best writing in my estimation had something important to say. We wrote morality plays disguised as space opera. It mattered then. Our takes on our world slipped past the network execs because we set it in the far future. My greatest achievement was almost derailed by the executives because they thought my script was too smart for the twelve year old mind. So, I rewrote it and kept the original pilot within. It got on the air, and the moral still stood. Things have changed so much. Even my own profession has seen such transformations that I hardly recognize what people are writing now.
By Joseph "Mark" Coughlin3 months ago in Futurism
Echoes of Tomorrow
In the year 2047, the world had grown quieter—not in sound, but in isolation. Though cities continued to buzz with activity, voices were fewer and more distant. Drones flitted through the sky, holographic billboards blinked in colorful rhythms, but somewhere beneath the surface, people had grown more alone. Conversations shortened and interactions became more fleeting. In this world, where technology acted both as a link and a divide, a lonely programmer named Lara made a surprising connection. Lara lived in an apartment in Neo-London, a world of glass and steel.
By Miss Maryam3 months ago in Futurism
The Control Room
My blood shook with a magnetic pull and pulse. The movement felt like a rollercoaster without any safety harness. I was sliding with a large magnetic pull in my spine. My back was sliding on the metal of the underside of a bridge. Suspended, I was being pulled along on an invisible track. I felt like a puppet without any actual strings attached. The city cars, below me, altogether, unaware of my hanging limbs, drooping down. My appendages had the appearance of security cameras in a way.
By Rowan Finley 3 months ago in Futurism
5 Minute Sci-Fi: Update
Ben awoke to the garbled sound of electronic birdsong screeching in his ear. Pinching the bridge of his nose, he groaned, unprepared for the morning. He tapped the databand on his wrist twice to turn off the alarm with practiced ease before dragging himself out from under the covers.
By Valerie Taylor3 months ago in Futurism
Where Wild Spider-Horses Roam
Only three things remained constant in these Days of Despair— _______heat, death, and mechanics. It was gratifying to know that, for as long as his synthetic heart continued to pump rejuvenating blood, the Old Thinking would survive.
By Lightning Bolt ⚡3 months ago in Futurism
The Ancient Astronaut Theory: Unearthing Celestial Visitors in Mythology and Gnostic Texts
For millennia, humanity has gazed at the stars, pondering our place in the cosmos and the origins of our existence. Across diverse cultures and civilizations, ancient myths speak of powerful beings descending from the heavens, imparting knowledge, shaping human destiny, and even interbreeding with mortals. These narratives, often dismissed as mere folklore, have gained renewed scrutiny in the modern era, forming the bedrock of the Ancient Astronaut Theory.
By The Secret History Of The World3 months ago in Futurism
