Octavia Butler’s Science Fiction Predicted the World We Live In - The New York Times
A profile of the life and work of the brilliant Octavia E. Butler.
The Past 100 Years of the Future
This (free!) PDF looks like it could be a nice companion piece to Chris and Nathan’s recent book:
Human-computer interaction in science-fiction movies and television.
It’s a work in progress. You’ll notice a lot of placeholders where the images should be. That’s because the studios are demanding extortionate rates for screenshots.
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Spotify – dConstruct 2022
If you were at dConstruct on Friday and you enjoyed the mood music during the breaks, this is what you were listening to.
How to Imagine Climate Futures - Long Now
The best climate fiction can do more than spur us to action to save the world we have — it can help us conceptualize the worlds, both beautiful and dire, that may lie ahead. These stories can be maps to the future, tools for understanding the complex systems that intertwine with the changing climates to come.
Untitled: a novel
Ben is writing a chapter a day of this cli-fi story. You can subscribe to the book by email or RSS.
Sci-Fi & Me – Jeremy Keith – Stay Curious Café by beyond tellerrand - YouTube
Here’s the video of the talk I gave on Wednesday evening all about my relationship with reading science fiction. There are handy chapter markers if you want to jump around.
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Talking about sci-fi
I’ve published the transcript of my sci-fi talk.
T E N Ǝ T
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Modified machete
The viewing order for a Star Wars movie marathon
Cat encounters
Feline-based communication.