Metaverse Library - Sci Fi Exhibit May 2013 | Page 25

There are many surprises in the external exhibits. Snoots put up Stargate portals to builds you don ' t see at the ground level.

The plasma reactors, the rare Dalek who gives out popcorn, and the musical robot are all fascinating builds from Snoots.

Snoots says: Some of the items are based on existing Sci Fi genres( such as the Dalek from Doctor Who, the Stargate, and the Robot from Doctor Steel, Rocketship X-1 and Robby Robot). Others are original concepts.

Science fiction is the most important literature in the history of the world, because it ' s the history of ideas, the history of our civilization birthing itself.... Science fiction is central to everything we ' ve ever done, and people who make fun of science fiction writers don ' t know what they ' re talking about.”

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— Ray Bradbury in Brown Daily Herald, March 24, 1995