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Food in Science Fiction
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Name |
Author (Publication Date) |
| Isaac Asimov (1951) | |
| Edgar Rice Burroughs (1912) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1964) | |
| Clifford Simak (1961) | |
| H. Beam Piper (1961) | |
| H. Beam Piper (1962) | |
| Frederik Pohl (w/CM Kornbluth) (1952) | |
| Margaret Atwood (2003) | |
| Edward Page Mitchell (1879) | |
| Philip Frances Nowlan (1928) | |
| James Blish (1957) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1988) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1952) | |
| William Tenn (1951) | |
| Larry Niven (1970) | |
| Frederik Pohl (1980) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1941) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1988) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1948) | |
| Douglas Adams (1979) | |
| Frank Herbert (1965) | |
| John Varley (1977) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1955) | |
| Frank Herbert (1969) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1950) | |
| Bruce Sterling (1988) | |
| Larry Niven (1984) | |
| Harry Harrison (1965) | |
| Jeff Noon (1998) | |
| Philip K. Dick (1964) | |
| John W. Campbell (1934) | |
| John W. Campbell (1939) | |
| Robert Heinlein (1950) | |
| William Gibson (1984) | |
| William Tenn (1951) | |
| Isaac Asimov (1950) | |
| David Brin (1994) |
Related Science Fiction in the News
Never Eat Food Again - Just Soylent 'It is nourishment in the only rational form.'- Edward Page Mitchell, 1879 (re: Edward Page Mitchell, 3/26/2013 ) |
Space Food, Canadian Style 'The Oort cloud was made up of millions of megaton-sized servings of chow.'- Frederik Pohl, 1980. (re: Frederik Pohl, 3/13/2013 ) |
Noodle-Shaving Robot Army Invades China 'One of these gorgeous eating places where we were served entirely by mechanical apparatus...' (re: Anthony Boucher, 9/3/2012 ) |
Cocoagraph Edible Photos Like Spatial-Postal Cards 'Before Bill's startled gaze... the card was starting to swell.' (re: Harry Harrison, 8/12/2012 ) |
The KEN Diet - Eat Nothing And Love It! So, are you thinking of Jem'Hadar or Meks? (re: Jack Vance, 3/14/2012 ) |
Meat Farm Like Matrix, Daybreak And Blade - But For Chickens I think this is an idea whose time has come... more than once. (re: Various, 3/2/2012 ) |
Grow Cultured Meat In A 'Carnery' It takes from 3 to 8 pounds of nutrient to create just one pound of meat; we can do better. (re: H. Beam Piper, 2/1/2011 ) |
Kiosk Looks At You, Then Decides On Your Meal Machines will tell you what to eat, just by looking at you. (re: Douglas Adams, 1/22/2011 ) |
Prototype Lunar Greenhouse Interesting concept from the University of Arizona; Robert Heinlein went a bit further in his thinking, particularly from the standpoint of recycling. (re: Robert Heinlein, 9/19/2010 ) |
MIT's Cornucopia Digital Robotic Food Concept Digital food the modern way. In concept, at least. (re: John W. Campbell, 7/25/2010 ) |
Tempwave: Raytheon Plowshares Energy Weapon 'They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks.' And their energy weapons into grape-warmers? (re: Philip K. Dick, 6/30/2010 ) |
Unilever Smile-Based Ice Cream Vending Machine Smile! You're about to get some ice cream from this face-recognition, proximity detecting, smile-measuring vending machine. (re: Douglas Adams, 6/27/2010 ) |
Petri Dish Pork Lookin' Purty Good Ah, just cast your eyes upon this tasty photomicrograph of pork-in-a-dish. (re: H. Beam Piper, 1/18/2010 ) |
Subway Outlet Will Climb To 105th Floor You're building the 105th floor of a building, and you're looking for some lunch. Oh - there's a Subway! (re: Various, 1/13/2010 ) |
Sushi In Space! And I still remember Tang fondly. But now, I can go to a nice restaurant and have a meal like the astronauts. (re: Jules Verne, 12/22/2009 ) |
Will In-Vitro Meat Change Our Lives? IVM is one of those sfnal futures that seems to be getting closer and closer. (re: H. Beam Piper, 11/18/2009 ) |
Electrolux Moléculaire 3D Food Printer This video shows a design concept that is entirely possible, based on current technology. (re: Various, 8/27/2009 ) |
Beaker Burgers From In Vitro Meat All around the world, scientists are racing to be the first to produce meat in a vat. No waste materials to be cut away. Just the burger - in a beaker. (re: Pohl and Kornbluth, 8/2/2009 ) |
Let's Pizza Robotic Pizzeria More tasty food made by robotic minions is on the way; take a look at the video to see if Let's Pizza meets your standards. (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 5/19/2009 ) |
Machine Dispenses Snacks When Economy Goes Bad This device responds to bad economic news by dispensing comfort food. Would HAL have done better to offer Dave Bowman some nice snacks rather than a stress pill? (re: Arthur, 5/4/2009 ) |
Robots Should Replace Cafeteria Ladies, Say Students School children across the US are demanding an end to fallible cafeteria ladies - and a bold future of robot chefs! With videos. (re: Anthony Boucher, 5/3/2009 ) |
Green Box 'Futuristic' Pizza Box Take a look at the video showing how to use this attractive, recyclable pizza box. But futuristic? I think Snow Crash has set the standard for the smart pizza box. (re: Neal Stephenson, 5/1/2009 ) |
On-Orbit Space Coffee Cup Of course, you'll also want to know whether or not adding sugar and/or milk affects the surface tension of your coffee. By astronaut Donald Pettit. (re: Larry Niven, 2/26/2009 ) |
Sweet Potatoes In Space Questioned By Niven Fans This apparently innocent story of research into foods that will grow in space may have an sfnal side, especially for Niven fans. (re: Larry Niven, 2/24/2009 ) |
BaR2D2 Mobile Bar Nifty DIY project by Jamie Price would also look good on Jabba's sailbarge. (re: George Lucas, 2/15/2009 ) |
Waterproof Sand Could Green A Desert Planet It won't be easy to coat each grain of sand in a desert, but hard tasks need hard ways. My legions of Fremen will be using very small brushes. (re: Stanislaw Lem, 2/5/2009 ) |
Space Beer In (Very) Limited Distribution What might have happened to that barley on board the ISS? Only thirty lucky couples will find out. (re: Various, 12/2/2008 ) |
Earth Now Needs Agricultural Worlds SF writers pondered this problem a generation ago, and came up with the answer. (re: Isaac Asimov, 11/2/2008 ) |
Terminator Seeds Deployed To Iraq Order 81 provides the authority to require Iraqi farmers to use genetically altered seeds that do not produce naturally viable offspring. (re: Jack Vance, 10/25/2008 ) |
Fictional Foodstuffs: The Snacks Of Science Fiction Does food play an important role in science fiction books and movies? I've got my list. (re: Various, 9/30/2008 ) |
Odor 'Map' May Lead To Digitized Smells Will the mystery of scent be revealed? The smell of victory is in the air. (re: Aldous Huxley, 7/30/2008 ) |
Ithaa Undersea Restaurant Review And Video I wrote an article on this unique restaurant several years ago, but I recently ran across more information. (re: Jack Vance, 7/23/2008 ) |
Space Agriculture For Long-Term Space Exploration Canadian researchers seek to find another great achievement like the Canadarm by providing sustenance to astronauts on long trips. (re: Gregory Benford, 7/17/2008 ) |
Giant Space Vegetables Now On Earth! The seeds for this monster harvest spent time - maybe too much time - in low Earth orbit. (re: Gregory Benford, 5/16/2008 ) |
In Vitro Meat Symposium - Try The Veal! European scientists are determined to get that enormous meat vat up and running; they're giving a great price per ton for vat-grown meat. (re: H. Beam Piper, 4/15/2008 ) |
InVitroMeat Foundation Nothing like meat fresh from the vat - this foundation is organizing to make it a reality. (re: H. Beam Piper, 3/24/2008 ) |
Electronic Taster Has A Nose For Coffee There are more than 1,000 different volatile chemicals that create the taste and aroma of coffee. Can a machine equal human judgement? (re: Ray Bradbury, 2/21/2008 ) |
Robot Chef Makes Octopus Balls It's time to take those robots off the assembly line, and put them to work making dinner! (re: Anthony Boucher, 2/8/2008 ) |
Automated Restaurant Uses Gravity Feed Rail System Nifty gravity feed system eliminates those pesky waiters - should you leave gravity a tip? (re: Edgar Rice Burroughs, 8/28/2007 ) |
Imagine The Pizzamato Here at least is a nice picture of what genetically modified food should really be like; Heinlein pictured it first, though. (re: Robert Heinlein, 8/13/2007 ) |
International Space Station To Get Japanese Take-Out The menu on the International Space Station is about to get a lot more interesting. (re: Various, 6/28/2007 ) |
Tiny Portable Biosensor Detects Contaminants In Food Frank Herbert calls it once again; finally, we're starting to get our remote-cast snoopers. (re: Frank Herbert, 5/19/2007 ) |
Sweet Wheat - No Sugar Added New development in plants means no more teaspoons full of sugar for your morning cereal. (re: Various, 12/18/2006 ) |
My Spoon Robot On Full Auto This is a great addition to the assistive technologies now available commercially. It also poses a danger to Americans. (re: Various, 12/4/2006 ) |
Space Yogurt Now Available On Earth Awesome orbital survival-of-the-fittest foodstuffs now available in Japan. (re: Various, 10/1/2006 ) |
Diet Monitors Based On Chewing Sounds Soon, it may be possible to do away with those cumbersome daily food logs or other diet monitoring aids. (re: Various, 6/19/2006 ) |
Hyperactive Bob Fast Food Management Robot Terrifying short story comes to life; everyone who works for someone else should read this story. (re: Marshall Brain, 6/16/2006 ) |
Programmable Soda - Ipifini's Choice-Enabled Packaging SF short story nails this one; and it looks like a good consumer product. (re: Jeff Noon, 3/26/2006 ) |
Cultured Meat Straight From The Vat Science fiction fans - start your grills! Two new techniques of tissue engineering may lead to affordable production of lab-grown, cultured meat for human consumption. (re: H. Beam Piper, 7/6/2005 ) |
RFID-Maki: Easy Payment Sushi In Japan, eating and automation go together like, well, like raw fish and rice. (re: Harry Harrison, 8/12/2004 ) |
Combat Feeding: Just Add Water - Any Water Soldiers in the field carry their own food; one day's supply weighs about 3.5 kilograms. However, remove the water, and it only weighs 0.4 kg. But where can you find potable water in the field? (re: Neal Stephenson, 7/21/2004 ) |
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