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Why it's Good to be a Science Fiction Author

Posted by Scalzi about 1 year ago | Permalink | Comments (5)

An actual conversation just now between me and my wife, as she’s reading my novel The Android’s Dream:

Krissy (reading something): Hmmm, I should have caught this earlier.

Me: What?

Krissy: You have someone getting their hair wet before using hair dye.

Me: So?

Krissy: Well, you don’t get your hair wet before you put in hair day.

Me: Uh… well… you do in the future.

At which point my wife laughed at her ridiculous, ridiculous husband.

Seriously, though, people. In the future, super-nano-botic hair dye will require wet hair. I’ve seen the studies. Oh yes.

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  1. Kevin Lawver's Buddy IconKevin Lawver

    Posted about 1 year ago

    Some of them you’re supposed to wet your hair a little, and that’s in the present. Now, where’s my jetpack?

  2. Wil Wheaton's Buddy IconWil Wheaton

    Posted about 1 year ago

    That does it. From now on, I’m writing science fiction.

  3. Will Shattuck's Buddy IconWill Shattuck

    Posted about 1 year ago

    This made me laugh out loud. I’m trying to write sci-fi, and now I know I can.

  4. Nick's Buddy IconNick

    Posted 12 months ago

    Just cause it was what I thought of first:

    Damn, it feels good to be a sci-fi author / A real sci-fi author weaves the future right / A real sci-fi author never needs to apologize / ‘cause a real sci-fi author wields his might / And authors always gotta say they’re sorry / Tellin’ their readers the mistakes they made / But a real sci-fi author don’t say such things / ‘cause real sci-fi authors got excuses in spades / And everythings cool in the mind of an author / ‘cause authors tend to think real deep / Writing three-sixty-five a year 24/7 / ‘cause real sci-fi authors don’t sleep

  5. Kevin Lawver's Buddy IconKevin Lawver

    Posted 12 months ago

    Nick, you’re a genius.