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Nancy Fulda · 02-18-2012, 11:37 AM

When space travel became possible, there was an explosion of astronaut and FTL books.

When the phrase 'nanotechnology' came into vogue, it seemed for a while that every second book (not to mention Star Trek episode) relied on microscopic robots to cure disease.

And lately, quantum computing and fictional side effects of entanglement seem to be popping up all over the place.

So I'm just wondering: what's the next big technology that will leave its mark on fiction?

02-18-2012, 11:37 AM	#1
Nancy Fulda I write stories. Posts: 700 Karma: 16437432 Join Date: Jul 2011 Location: Northern Germany Device: kindle	Emerging Technologies That Ought to be Explored in Fiction When space travel became possible, there was an explosion of astronaut and FTL books. When the phrase 'nanotechnology' came into vogue, it seemed for a while that every second book (not to mention Star Trek episode) relied on microscopic robots to cure disease. And lately, quantum computing and fictional side effects of entanglement seem to be popping up all over the place. So I'm just wondering: what's the next big technology that will leave its mark on fiction?