So, can people turn invisible and fly through space now?

A lab accident produces impossible material.

Poor timing on the name

A space firm, Elysium will send you into space! Burial in space has never been this affordable.

But will they look like the colonies in old episodes of Star Trek?

More about near-future asteroid mining.

This will look like episodes of Cowboy Bebop:

FUNimation has licensed several anime series, including Cowboy Bebop, for release. Coming soon in Hi-Def.

Avoid Rush Hour traffic!

Travel by Hyperloop!

Last weekend’s Las Vegas Star Trekkers, below:

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John Brunner’s proto-cyberpunk dystopia won the Hugo back in ’69, and it holds up reasonably well. Sure, we have neither a base on the moon nor a dome over Manhattan, but his world of 2010– , wherein the west encounters terrorism and random violence, a computer system puts you in touch with information, Detroit has declared bankruptcy, China is the ascendant superpower, documents are printed by laser, gay/bisexual relationships are mainstream (if not tolerated by everyone), social drug use has general acceptance, and racism has simmered but remains present, should be a little bit familiar.

The plot concerns overpopulation and eugenics. Two roommates find themselves drawn into international intrigue—and one must confront his role as a sleeper agent.

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Neill Blomkamp’s big budget SF movie about class warfare opened this weekend to mixed reviews. What place will it occupy on your personal Greatest Science Fiction Film list?