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.
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...
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...
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...
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/...
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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#CliFi #Solarpunk #Climate #Fiction
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 “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 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
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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...
