I always figured that genre would be funnier if it were called “Science Friction”… and then I look at that wheel with no provision for any kind of bearing…
I can see this really happening. Makes you wonder just what all we look at today and say that will never happen and some day it does. I would have never thought this whole virus mess could happen either but here we are.
The Nautil-ass shall travel 20 Leagues over the land, Its five year mission, to explore strange new realms, to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before.
There are caveman drawings of flying saucers. Out in the desert of Peru there are 100’s of giant drawings you have to see from above to appreciate. They were drawn between 600bc and 200bc. One in particular is a very accurate drawing of a dude in a spacesuit. Go figure.
Reminds me of the great Rita Rudner. She said that she reads recipe books like science fiction. When she finished she says, “That’s never going to happen.”
Dtroutma about 4 years ago
At least it isn’t a dinosaur.
I Mad Am I about 4 years ago
Next Stage – making Wood Block carvings of strange sights in the sky. Oh! Wait… that would be 1561 over Nuremberg! Silly me! (Grin!)
mwksix about 4 years ago
That animal isn’t just pulling a rock!
Argythree about 4 years ago
Harlan Ellison’s ancestor…
Vilyehm about 4 years ago
Cavemen were before the Vikings.
Cavemen were before rational (I think, therefore I am) philosophy, yet the comment maker waxes philosophically.
You can’t put Descartes before the Norse.
in.amongst about 4 years ago
It came to pass and passed on.
sirbadger about 4 years ago
What did the first horse hitched to a wagon think? Horses may have had a similar discussion.
Concretionist about 4 years ago
I always figured that genre would be funnier if it were called “Science Friction”… and then I look at that wheel with no provision for any kind of bearing…
Kind&Kinder about 4 years ago
The next wall drawing: a Studebaker Commander!
Walrus Gumbo Premium Member about 4 years ago
(sigh) Trying to convince another Flat-Earther.
dot-the-I about 4 years ago
“Imagination is the key to my lyrics. The rest is painted with a little science fiction.”
Jimi HendrixW͛h͛i͛z͛z͛e͛r͛P͛u͛p͛ about 4 years ago
Actually this is the first artist inducted by the Science Fiction Hall of Fame. Kelly Freas was the second. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kelly_Freas
backyardcowboy about 4 years ago
Shouldn’t the cart be before the horse?
lproven about 4 years ago
Anyone remember “Mute Inglorious Tam”? http://www.isfdb.org/cgi-bin/title.cgi?50850
David Henderson about 4 years ago
I can see this really happening. Makes you wonder just what all we look at today and say that will never happen and some day it does. I would have never thought this whole virus mess could happen either but here we are.
dot-the-I about 4 years ago
“That will never fly.”
dflak about 4 years ago
And the first critic.
P51Strega about 4 years ago
The Nautil-ass shall travel 20 Leagues over the land, Its five year mission, to explore strange new realms, to seek out new life and new civilizations. To boldly go where no man has gone before.
SmallMeadow about 4 years ago
There are caveman drawings of flying saucers. Out in the desert of Peru there are 100’s of giant drawings you have to see from above to appreciate. They were drawn between 600bc and 200bc. One in particular is a very accurate drawing of a dude in a spacesuit. Go figure.
Whatcouldgowrong about 4 years ago
Boots? Are they wearing boots? Surely somebody figured out pants before they figured out boots.
steverinoCT about 4 years ago
Where are my flying wagons?
Linguist about 4 years ago
The real Chariot of the Gods!
dot-the-I about 4 years ago
Sci-fi: The mythology of modern technology.(Ursula K. Le Guin)
Plods with ...™ about 4 years ago
How come they get a flying car?
mistercatworks about 4 years ago
Reminds me of the great Rita Rudner. She said that she reads recipe books like science fiction. When she finished she says, “That’s never going to happen.”
Radish the wordsmith about 4 years ago
That’s putting the cart before the horse.
car2ner about 4 years ago
with the world we have now I’ve seen more and more sci-fi becoming reality. Some of it good some of it scary
Lablubber about 4 years ago
His artwork set tongues wagon.
the lost wizard about 4 years ago
Next thing, you’ll be telling me that some orange haired guy is our leader.
dot-the-I about 4 years ago
Were it not for this guy, Steven Wright would have had to donate his body to regular science.
LIBeral1 about 4 years ago
It’s not the person who came up with the wheel who’s the big hero… it’s the person who came up with the axle.
Bilan about 4 years ago
Does this mean that Firestone and Goodyear owe royalties to the ancestors of that caveman?
gbars70 about 4 years ago
A prehistoric Sheldon…
j.l.farmer about 4 years ago
inventions have to start somewhere.
pngar about 4 years ago
Oddly enough , I think he did this one already, back in the 90s. I only remember because I had a clipping of it on my desk in high school.
Laurie Stoker Premium Member about 4 years ago
This concept is absolutely valid! Sci-fi got us some of our coolest inventions. I.e., Arthur C. Clarke’s satellites.
keenanthelibrarian about 4 years ago
As Arthur C. Clarke once wrote – Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
WGillete about 4 years ago
The problem was finding a horse. Really, hook one of those onto a mammoth? Good luck.
mr_sherman Premium Member about 4 years ago
No comments about a kid living in the back of his Mom’s cave?
Sailor46 USN 65-95 about 4 years ago
I don’t believe in astrology; I’m a ARIES and we’re skeptical
JenSolo02 about 4 years ago
The Leonardo da Vinci of his day