X-Message-Number: 21081 Date: Fri, 07 Feb 2003 12:11:19 +0100 From: Henri Kluytmans <> Subject: Science-fiction / Techno-fiction... Yvan Bozzonetti wrote : >For me it will be techno-fiction when it will be as man on Mars: >Not yet done, but each step to go here is defined. Money is then >what is requested to make it technical reality. Then I think we're using different definitions, because I don't call "space travel to Mars" techno-fiction. Because in this case the technology is not fictional, however because there is no money to do it, I would call it : "financial-fiction" Hmm Yvan, I'm curious : You call it "techno-fiction" when the technology exists but there is no finance. You call it "science-fiction" when the science exists but not the technology. What do you call something when the science does not exist yet ??? For example : time-travel, faster-than-light travel, etc... Cheers, >Hkl Rate This Message: http://www.cryonet.org/cgi-bin/rate.cgi?msg=21081