[MolotovCocktail]

You know, it seems to me that many modern sci-fi books, and many sci-fi TV shows and movies for that matter, feature alot of silly science. Most of what I read in the books are either very inaccurate or not possible scientifically.

Other times, I find that some books, especially in the Dune series, find some excuse to put some sort of medieval hocus-pocus magic crap in it. (Not saying the Dune series doesn't have alot of scientifically feasible things, but there are some things in there, especially weapon systems and human abilities, that are quite questionable in terms of practicallity and feasibility).

Another thing that really bothers me, especially in modern science fiction, is that they tend to use alot of big words borrowed from actual scientific terms to explain how their stuff works, without actually explaining it in a way that makes any sense.

Also, I tend to see alot of societies ruled by kings and emperors, with people who could be granted titles of nobility, or in that the economic system represents that of mercantilism or early capitalism, even though there is no way that such a society could possibly form in the future. Although, I'm pretty sure that a dictatorship could still form some time in the future, but it won't be anything like kings and emperors ruling over it.

Also, any warfare that is described in the science fiction books resembles that of the way wars were fought in both WWI and WWII, with the weapon systems working more or less the same way they did back then (i.e. excessive collateral damage, no guidence systems, no information or electronic warfare, obsolete battleship technology, etc.) Yes, the weapons involved have vastly more power, but in terms of the way they are used.... come on!

And then of course, there are various nuiances such as laser weapons and railguns that have recoil, hearing sound in outer space, aliens that don't have any unique language system or a unique way of communicating, anti-matter shields that don't annihilate with the regular matter particles, robots as strong as superman, etc.

Mind you, I do know that there is a lot of technology, inventions, or physical laws that haven't been discovered or thought of yet. And there are some good science fiction books that I have read that are very good and have a lot of scientifically or sociologically feasible things in it (e.g. books by Jules Verne and some modern ones like Philip K Dick and the Martian Chronicles by Kim Stanley). But sometimes I find that the majority of the science fiction books out there are either unimaginative or don't seem to follow along with any of the known laws of physics.