My grandfather in law is a science fiction author. He sent me one of his books for Christmas. "Signed by the Author". I tried to read it, but gotdamn I just don't get it. It is something about rocket ships, atomic fluxes, neonparticle radiation, wookies, cyborgs, and secret micro chips.

I made it through two chapters, which is enough that when someone in the family asks me if I liked the book I can be like, "Oh, yeah that was interesting". But overall the book is so bad that I put it by the throne where reading is necessary, and I still won't pick it up.

So if Sci-fi writers are time travlers then the future looks really boring.