We’re excited to present the first episode of our all-new season of The Imagination Desk, a discussion on AI and the imagination, hosted by our own Ed Finn with Doctor @anna-abraham.bsky.social, professor and neuroscientist.The full season is available to listen to on Apple Podcasts and Spotify.
Our latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, is out now, featuring CY Ballard on the video game “Mutazione,”; Jason Nabi on the short story “Runaround”; and Vandana Singh on An Educator’s Guide to Climate Science and Colonialism. mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imag...
This week's #FreeFictionResponse essay is "The Purpose of Punishment" by Randy McDonald in response to @monicabyrne13.bsky.social "Golden Rule" from @issuesinst.bsky.social
McDonald relates fundamental principles of correction to the justice system in "Golden Rule". issues.org/futuretensef...
This week's #FreeFictionFriday is 'Golden Rule' by @monicabyrne13.bsky.social. A legal system built on the concept of “an eye for an eye”; if you commit a crime, your punishment is that someday a network of state agents will perpetrate the same crime against you. issues.org/futuretensef...
Join Grist’s @torystephens.bsky.social, founder of Imagine 2200: Climate Future for Future Ancestors, for a deep conversation on speculative climate fiction with renowned author @ShereeReneeThomas.bsky.social, professor of physics Vandana Singh, and engineer @wtalabi.com. luma.com/19l5xgr9
This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Field Notes” by Natasha Seymour. A mysterious landmark emerges from the earth amidst a sunbleached Turkish summer. Tourists, archaeologists, and native residents speculate on its relation to the intensifying heat. csi.asu.edu/story/field-...
Join Future Tense Fiction and @monicabyrne13.bsky.social for a live conversation about worldbuilding in speculative fiction. We’ll discuss the social, scientific, and policy dimensions of her fictional worlds, and the tools she uses to create them. open.substack.com/live-stream/...
In case you missed it, author @monicabyrne13.bsky.social joined Jason Lloyd on Substack in collaboration with @issuesinst.bsky.social for a conversation on world-building in speculative fiction. View the full conversation here: futuretensefiction.substack.com/p/world-buil...
This week’s #FreeFictionFriday is “Plasticized” by Katheryn E. Hill, part of the “Everything Change: Volume III” collection. In this story, Hill thinks through the ways that plastics manifest in our daily lives, our culture, and our biology through motherhood. Read here: csi.asu.edu/story/plasti...
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If climate fiction is your thing, don't miss this.
June 10 I'm hosting Vandana Singh, Sheree Renée Thomas & Wole Talabi on how speculative storytelling shapes what futures feel possible.
Free on Zoom | 11am ET.
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