This weekend's links of interest. This weekend's pic is from Sedona, Arizona. It was taken from a hot air balloon, thus the vantage point.

Have a good one.

A Floating Ecopolis for the Age of Rising Seas
When climate change allows oceans to wash over the lands we once called home, you're going to want to immigrate to one of the ecopolises that Belgian architect Vincent Callebaut created for his LILYPAD concept project.

Thursday YouTube: Classic Authors Speak on The Value of Science Fiction
Nine legendary authors present their ideas on why SF is important to readers and what it teaches them.

World Building & Ten Great Examples of Science Fiction World Building & MIND MELD: Worldbuilding
The ultimate in world-building was probably Lord of the Rings, for which J.R.R. Tolkien invented entire languages and histories. Not my favorite though by a long shot (did all the ballads and poems have to be used?), and Tolkien is likely underappreciated for his world-building since so many people have copied Middle Earth, or aspects of it, over the years, and it feels far from fresh.

Aging
Will research into "longevity genes" help us live longer and healthier lives?

Blackswift Will Be the First War Machine In Space
Development of the U.S.'s first hypersonic military space plane, the HTV-3X Blackswift, is zooming forward, with plans for Boeing and Lockheed to work together on the project.