Sneak Peek of SF Museum

maxentius writes "Posted on Trufen.net: Paul Allen's Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame, due to open June 18, is offering early "Charter Memberships" to a select list of e-mail recipients (and apparently to anyone else who happens to hear about it before the June 5 deadline). The museum will adjoin the Experience Music Project in the very odd Frank Gehry-designed building near downtown Seattle. Allen, a life-long SF fan, has been working on the project for a few years, and it will probably be the same sort of sensory extravaganza as the EMP. The e-mail promises "exclusive access" for Charter Members, including the chance to go to an pre-launch tour and party, a t-shirt, and a limited-edition lapel pin. There are many levels of membership, from "Terran" ($40), through "Hive Mind" ($75), "Replicant" ($500), all the way to "Immortal" ($10,000). It's hard to say just how this will turn out, but with the likes of Greg Bear and Forry Ackerman as advisors, and some interesting ideas, it might be okay."

Comments

Re:donations?

[east coast]

"So a summer camp sold its land to Paul Allen, and I'm supposed to feel bad that they can't use the land anymore?"

It is a twisted form of 'logic' that you miss, my friend. People in today's society are forced to feel bad for bulldozing anything with any sentimental value to anyone reguardless of compensation to the original owner. We're also made to feel bad for getting off our butts and making a buck and enjoying the fruits of our labors.

And god forbid you don't spend every free cent you have helping out junkies on the streets because that makes *YOU* the bad guy instead of the poor homeless that made the free choice to stick a needle into their arm. What do you think we want here? A society where people can progress and reap the rewards or a society this is forever lagged by the lazy and incompetent?