Billing itself as a place "where forward-thinking terrestrials exchange ideas and information about the state of the species, their planet and the universe, living the lives of science fiction today," Space Collective solicits open participation on several of their futuristic projects, whereas others are by invitation only. But even these latter offer their contributions for public viewing. For instance, Studio Lynn, Vienna, is trying to design new and improved space colonies, and clicking on their icon brings up fascinating design submissions for your perusal.

One public project readers of SFW will surely embrace is "The Total Library." Here you may post paeans to books that "redefine" reality or "redefine" the nature of a book itself. Despite this ethereal imperative, what this amounts to is smart people recommending cool stuff, and you're bound to get leads on things you'd love to read, such as Hammond Innes' forgotten polar adventure, The Survivors.

As with any up-to-the-minute site, there are lots of video features. I particularly enjoyed the Epiphanies section, where average folks talk about what the future means to them. The mini-documentaries are samples of the big documentary titled Terrestrials, which the site is striving to complete. Additionally, the Gallery section features tons of awesome static imagery—rather random in nature, it's true, but great inspiring eye candy nonetheless.

As we all know, the net is about communities—building them and finding ones that fit our needs. The Space Collective might be just such a niche for many far-sighted dreamers.