Science fiction inspires the world around us. It inspires our
future. To discover these influences, we look to the future of
science, to Science Future. The Science Future series presents
the bleeding edge of scientific discovery and links it back to
science fiction in order to discuss these influences and
speculate on the future of science fiction. One could say that
in reading and listening to science fiction we are, in a way,
remembering the future. The future we remember from these
stories is often wrong and full of holes, just like our memory
of the past. Memory is a fickle thing, as anybody who has lost
their keys or forgotten their homework, can attest to. In
science fiction, memory is often even more unreliable. Take some
of our recent stories here at Escape Pod. In EP284: On a Clear
Day You Can See All the Way to Conspiracy by Desmond Warzel and
EP292: In The Water by Katherine Mankiller memory is something
that is easily modified and manipulated. Thankfully that isn’t
the case, right? Yes and no. Re