Discover Magazine has a list entitled “20 Things You Didn\u2019t Know About Science Fiction.” I believe a more accurate title would be, “20 Things You Didn’t Know About Science Fiction if You Weren’t a Fan and Maybe Didn’t Care About Even if You Were,” but perhaps that was too long.<\/p>\n
Not only is it the least-titillating collection of “secrets” imaginable, they apparently couldn’t even come up with 20 discrete facts so they had to double up several.<\/p>\n
19. After [Philip K.] Dick\u2019s death, fans built an android likeness of him that mimicked his mannerisms and quoted his writings.<\/p>\n
20. In 2005, the Dickbot was misplaced by a baggage handler. It remains at large.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
Yawn.<\/p>\n
Link<\/A> (via SF Signal<\/A>)<\/I><\/p>\n
Update:<\/I> io9 took similar exception to this list, and eviscerated it<\/A>. Then Discover snapped back<\/A>. Day-um, people. Calm down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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