In a previous life (read: fresh out of college), he was an ad man, toiling away for low pay and less respect as a copywriter and producer of print ads, radio spots, and TV commercials. Jay is also the diabolical mind behind TechRepublic's Geek Trivia newsletter, a former contributing editor of TR's Geekend blog, and until March of 2008 was a project manager for TR site feature development. It's like Jay without editorial oversight or decent engineering support. To get the real skinny on his wacky business ideas-and his amateurish sci-fi short stories-read his blog,.
The Trivia Geek, known to some by the mysterious alias "Jay Garmon," is an online community entrepreneur trying his luck with some promising Internet startups. Because if you’re going to learn obscure words and concepts, it may as well be terms you’re actually likely to use. For some actual enlightenment, I recommend a different guide, Brave New Words: The Oxford Dictionary of Science Fiction, the polished dead-tree version of the OED‘s Science Fiction Citations Web site (found via SFSignal).įrom the latter resource, with the addition of some personal selections from Wikipedia, I have gathered a list of 75 Words Every Science Fiction Fan Should Know. For those of us who grew up reading science fiction and/or comic books, the list reads like the margin notes of every classic supervillain’s world-domination handbook. Textbook barons Houghton Mifflin have of late proclaimed 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know, probably in an attempt to shame and terrify the average student into purchasing an appropriate SAT study guide. For more info, visit our Terms of Use page. This may influence how and where their products appear on our site, but vendors cannot pay to influence the content of our reviews. We may be compensated by vendors who appear on this page through methods such as affiliate links or sponsored partnerships. Thus, we present 75 Words Every Science Fiction Fan Should Know! But if you're going to learn obscure words and concepts, it may as well be terms you're actually likely to use. Textbook barons Houghton Mifflin have of late proclaimed 100 Words Every High School Graduate Should Know.