steerpike opened this issue on Nov 25, 2004 ยท 42 posts
XENOPHONZ posted Thu, 25 November 2004 at 6:52 PM
*Jules Verne also invented a time machine -- I've yet to take a ride in one.
He did? In what story? Seriously. It's missing from my collection.*
Actually, I have "Jules Verne" on the brain. That's what I get for snapping off a hurried comment......
No, it was H.G. Wells that invented the time machine.
In fact, Verne didn't like Wells' writing: due to the fact that he considered Mr. Wells' ideas to be "unscientific".
Ideas such as the concept of a "time machine".
We've touched upon the debate between "realistic" sci-fi and "imaginative" sci-fi in this thread.
The Wells/Verne fight continues to this day.
As for "air-cars" being practical -- various models of the "air-car" concept have come and gone since the 1930's.
I haven't seen one in anyone's garage yet.
Imagine traffic control for such a vehicle, when everybody in your neighborhood had one. Message edited on: 11/25/2004 19:05