Point three was my favorite thing about the panel. I rather liked Mr. Segal quite a bit. I went to the panel about his magazine as well, and he's amusing.

I think the thing with dreaming up sci-fi and living sci-fi is that it's just like any other dream we have. I would like to sit at home and write all day and make enough to live on it, but that's not happening at the moment, so instead I buckle down and come to work. We want all of those fantastic things, but the real world often gets in the way. We can't live on the moon because we can't even get the people on this world under control first. We can't use flying cars because we can't get the ones we drive to run in a way that's satisfactory to the environment. You know? We could probably use a few more dreamers in the high positions.

I think you're not far off. It's probably a part of ownership, as well, as Em reminded me. A lot of the steampunk people I saw at the con were carrying weapons and jewelry and accouterments that they had made themselves. It's a very hands on genre, and it's easier to touch and feel own than say, living in space. ;)

I loved that sentence too, that's why I couldn't forget it. Mr. Segal, all the way. ♥

And sure thing! :D