NOTE FROM DAVE:

Once again a reminder that it’s time to recruit
new Top5 SciFi list contributors. Come join this
group of beings, and we’ll see how many of us we can
fit into a standard Federation Class 3 shuttlecraft.
Click here for this round of contributor tryouts, then check the Science Fiction box and send me your best submissions!
Auditions close April 28, 2006.

The Top 10 Things We
Learned From Science Fiction

10> There’s no sound in space unless something explodes.

9> Sith Lords and Ferengi have more fun.

8> That whole history-continuity-keeping-the-universe-from- imploding thing isn’t the only reason why you shouldn’t go back in time and sleep with your great-grandmother.

7> Grammar and looks, not everything are.

6> Never, EVER wear red when going down to an unexplored planet.

5> The further your starship travels from known worlds and travel routes, the more likely your propulsion and navigation system will have a single point of failure.

4> In the 37th century, all humans will be white.

3> Immortals walk among us, and some fine day, the Highlander folk, the Howard families, and the Amber family are going to get together in the rumble of the millennium.

2> When intergalactic war is imminent, and the fate of mankind hangs in the balance, this is the perfect time to nail the blue-skinned chick.

and the Number 1 Thing We Learned From Science Fiction…

1> Cute, little fuzzy creatures are more trouble than they’re worth.

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Credits:

Selected from 34 submissions from 7 contributors.
This week’s list authors are:

Guy Payne, Birmingham, AL — 1, 3, 9 (Hat trick!)
RW Lipp, Lenexa, KS — 2, 4, 5 (Hat trick!)
Laura Oberst, Columbus, OH — 6
G. Griebenow, Johannesburg, S. Africa — 7
Ryan Garcia, Austin, TX — 8, 10
Dave Oberhart, Durham, NC — SF List Moderator