Science Fiction and Religion #CFP Another call for papers connected with the Journal for Religion, Film, and Media: CFP: SCIENCE FICTION AND RELIGION Even more than other film genres, science fiction movies confront viewers with societal problems and make experimentation with other models possible. Science fiction can thus be connec… Call for Papers: Science Fiction and Religion
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Science Fiction and Myth
Science Fiction and Myth This intensive, online writing workshop explores the theme of the Intersections: Science Fiction, Fairy Tales and Myth in a series of modules designed to prompt story generation over the course of … Ooooh! SFF and Myth writing workshop!
Millennial socialism, atomic clocks and Chinese government-sanctioned science fiction
Millennial socialism, atomic clocks and Chinese government-sanctioned science fiction Audio highlights from the February 16th 2019 edition https://www.economist.com/podcasts/2019/02/18/millennial-socialism-atomic-clocks-and-chinese-government-sanctioned-science-fiction
Ignore the science fiction: AI isn’t out to get us | The Spectator
Ignore the science fiction: AI isn’t out to get us | The Spectator Every ten to 15 years there is a technology breakthrough that really changes what it means to be human. The internet, mobile phones, social media and, most recently, AI voice assistance: all of these… https://www.spectator.co.uk/2019/02/ignore-the-science-fiction-ai-isnt-out-to-get-us/
Want to know what China’s thinking? Look to its science fiction
Want to know what China’s thinking? Look to its science fiction Aliens, robo-nannies and folding cities: A new wave of Chinese science fiction authors offer insights. https://www.abc.net.au/news/science/2019-02-16/chinese-science-fiction-vision-future-of-science-and-technology/10795074
China’s blockbuster The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix
China’s blockbuster The Wandering Earth is coming to Netflix China’s first major science fiction epic has become its second-biggest film release, earning more than $600 million. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/21/18234819/netflix-the-wandering-earth-china-science-fiction-blockbuster-cixin-liu-film
Using science fiction to understand the future of the web | ZDNet
Using science fiction to understand the future of the web | ZDNet Eliot Peper’s near-future SF novels ask questions about social media, the internet, and the future of government. https://www.zdnet.com/article/using-science-fiction-to-understand-the-future-of-the-web/
Infoporn: 100 Years of Sci-Fi, Explored
Infoporn: 100 Years of Sci-Fi, Explored Using data scraping, network analysis, and machine learning, the Science Fiction Concept Corpus includes more than 2,600 books written since 1900. Here’s what we found. https://www.wired.com/story/infoporn-100-years-of-sci-fi-explored/
10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this February
10 new science fiction and fantasy books to check out this February New stories from Charlie Jane Anders, Ken Liu, Ursula K. Le Guin, and more. https://www.theverge.com/2019/2/15/18213841/science-fiction-fantasy-recommendations-charlie-jane-anders-iu-le-guin-books-february-2019
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart
The Echo Park Time Travel Mart Non-profit time travel mart sells goods you would need for a trip through the fourth dimension. I was in L.A. for 3 months. How could I possibly have missed this?