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/
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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/
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?
Check Out The Beautiful Trailer For Chinese Sci-Fi Film ‘The Wandering Earth’
Check Out The Beautiful Trailer For Chinese Sci-Fi Film ‘The Wandering Earth’ When you think of large-scale science-fiction “blockbuster” type movies, the Unites State film market is the clear dominating creative force, followed by several other countries to much lesser degrees. British films come to mind (as do their long-running sci-fi TV counterparts like ‘Doctor Who’ and http://sciencefiction.com/2019/02/04/check-beautiful-trailer-chinese-sci-fi-film-wandering-earth/
The History of Women in Sci-Fi Isn’t What You Think
The History of Women in Sci-Fi Isn’t What You Think Conventional wisdom holds that science fiction was written mostly by men until the 1960s and ’70s. Not true. https://www.wired.com/2019/02/geeks-guide-history-women-sci-fi/
A free book of science fiction from around the world about climate change, introduced by Kim Stanley Robinson
A free book of science fiction from around the world about climate change, introduced by Kim Stanley Robinson [Editor’s note: I’m a volunteer advisor to Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination, and Joey Eschrich is a colleague of mine there; I invited him to writ… https://boingboing.net/2019/01/29/everything-changes.html
Afrofuturism | Chicago Review Press
Afrofuturism | Chicago Review Press Chicago Review Press https://www.chicagoreviewpress.com/afrofuturism-products-9781613747964.php
Why Science Fiction Authors Need to be Writing About Climate Change Right Now
Why Science Fiction Authors Need to be Writing About Climate Change Right Now The future is arriving sooner than most of us expected, and speculative fiction needs to do far more to help us prepare. The warning signs of catastrophic climate change are getting harder to ignor… https://www.tor.com/2019/01/22/why-science-fiction-authors-need-to-be-writing-about-climate-change-right-now/?utm_source=%5B%27exacttarget%27%5D&utm_medium=%5B%27newsletter%27%5D&utm_term=%5B%27tordotcom-tordotcomnewsletter%27%5D&utm_content=%5B%27na-readblog-blogpost%27%5D&utm_campaign=%5B%27tor%27%5D
The Truth Is Out There in Israeli Science Fiction — Jewish Journal
The Truth Is Out There in Israeli Science Fiction — Jewish Journal “The State of Israel may be regarded as the quintessential science fiction (SF) nation,” write Sheldon Teitelbaum and Emanuel Lottem, the co-editors of https://jewishjournal.com/culture/books/292769/the-truth-is-out-there-in-israeli-science-fiction/