Comments on Fictional Foodstuffs: The Snacks Of Science Fiction
Does food play an important role in science fiction books and movies? I've got my list. (Read
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"Here's a classic scene from Star Trek VI: The Undiscovered Country. Watch an uncomfortable dinner between the Federation crew and Klingons.
Start watching around 4:30.
The ambassadorial dinner is a classic trope that displays cultural differences using sfnal foods."
(Bill Christensen 9/29/2008 7:33:20 PM)
"I recall a short story about a delicious food with absolutely no nutritional value (for weight reduction) which was banned because the experimental rats refused to eat anything else and died of malnutrition. It was repackaged as a rat poison."
(Peter 9/30/2008 4:45:35 PM)
Tactile Skin Supplier Map
'What strange sensitivity! What an amazing development of science was manifested in every move and act and word of this Robot!'
Orb Nomad Zero-Emission Electric Aircraft
'That explains how it was so easy for me to remain motionless in midair or to perch on a flagpole in imitation of a giant bird, even in the windy city of Chicago.'
DIY Robot Scorpion Crushes It
'...it raised its front end off the ground and waved its antennae at them, then raised one armoured claw as if to snip them out of the sky.'