>But, SciFi isn't about predicting the future so much as it is about setting up a premise with which to tell a story, so I can forgive these shortcomings. So t

>But, SciFi isn't about predicting the future so much as it is about setting up a premise with which to tell a story, so I can forgive these shortcomings. So true. It pains me how often I see SciFi, particularly older works, judged on the in/accuracy of "predictions".