A new sci-fi news Web site is growing as a resource for conservatives who feel the rest of the pop culture world is in a political galaxy far, far away from them.

Republibot.com aggressively describes itself as “The Science Fiction Site for People Who Aren’t Drooling Kneejerk Liberals.”

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Sci-fi author Philip K. Dick may have best anticipated neuroengineering in his most famous work, “Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?,” the basis of the movie “Blade Runner.” The main character and his wife get up in the morning and select their moods on what Dick called a Penfield mood organ.

We’re a long way from building a Penfield mood organ, but we already have ways of prodding our brains. Sometimes we achieve miracle cures, sometimes just trim the edge off the pain, but even the little tweaks can mean the difference between the livable and unlivable life.

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“Jericho,” CBS’s excellent postapocalyptic drama set in rural Kansas has been canceled. Again. “Jericho” drew a large following among the tech demo. Besides the obvious sci-fi draw, Jericho explored themes of government intervention and self-sufficiency, which are passionate topics among the more tinfoil-hat Libertarians of the Web. But shows that please Netizens aren’t moneymakers.

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