# What are some of the passed Sci-Fi dates?

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 3, 2004, 6:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-passed-sci-fi-dates/253354 "2004-07-03T06:21:21Z")\
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**Author:** ![Muad\_Dib](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/35a633/32.png) [@Muad\_Dib](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Muad_Dib)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 7:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-passed-sci-fi-dates/253354/61 "2004-07-14T07:25:03Z")

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> [@dwc1970](#):
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> I noticed when they did _Back to the Future II_ in 1989 they were a little more conservative and not quite so ambitious about making everything look so ultra futuristic. Still, I don’t think we’re going to see Hoverboards,

Quiet you! A boy can dream, can’t he?!

_still nursing wounds from the lie that hoverboards exist but were banned by over zealous parent groups_

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**Author:** ![lemon\_martini2](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3be4f8/32.png) [@lemon\_martini2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/lemon_martini2)\
**Post date:** [July 14, 2004, 1:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-are-some-of-the-passed-sci-fi-dates/253354/62 "2004-07-14T13:20:15Z")

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> [@av8rmike](#):
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> According to the _movie._ The book gives the date as Jan. 12, 1997.
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> Susan Calvin was born in 1982 and should be completing her graduate work at Columbia pretty soon now. Anyone a student there and know her? 😉

And can you get me a date with her?

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