The other day I was reading an article in newspaper on Nigerian-American novelist Nnedi Okorafor’s Sci-fi novel ‘Lagoon’. For a while,my mind detoured from the routine and made me wield my pen on this essential and integral part of all great types of fiction.Sci-fi speaks of the possible futures. My earliest familiarity is with the theme of voyage to moon by Jules Verne of 19th century,about which I heard in my college days.It is amazing to note that he made some precise calculations on the magnitude of force needed to propel the rocket out of the Earth’s atmosphere. Another interesting Sci-if work I had exposure to, is ‘The Time Machine’ by H.G.Wells in which the author travels in time both into past and future too by a specially designed vehicle. Part of the work portrays creatures who are physically emaciated and mentally imbeciles being most reluctant to use body and mind,a logical consequence of a prolonged sedentary life style and automation.Today even we find ourselves di