I had the opportunity to visit the Science Fiction Museum in Seattle yesterday. I really enjoyed it: Robbie the Robot, the Alien Queen, Kirk's bridge chair from the original series, lots of old books, posters, weapons, spacesuits, models, etc. All fans of Science Fiction would enjoy the well done displays and see something that triggered their imagination when they were a kid.

My favorite? Well, since I had the time to finish Stephenson's System of the World* while in a Starbucks in Seattle, it had to have been the meter high stack of paper that was Neal's original manuscript. All the more amazing because it was written with fountain pen. The dozen or so empty ink cartridges were there as well.

Oh, and the little yellow sign on the vending machine in the lobby:

*you were right, Fox, the Baroque Cycle was fun. One of these days (weeks) I'm going to have to re-read it - it's that good. And I'm sure I missed plenty!