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
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
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/
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/
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?
The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño review – a hymn to Mexico City
The Spirit of Science Fiction by Roberto Bolaño review – a hymn to Mexico City It may not have been intended for publication, but the novel’s exuberant spirit offers an insight into Bolaño’s later work https://www.theguardian.com/books/2019/feb/15/spirit-of-science-fiction-roberto-bolano-review
Friendo: The timely science-fiction we need
Friendo: The timely science-fiction we need “If it’s all a big joke then how are we supposed to know when to stop laughing?”We live in strange times, to say the least. Culturally, we’ve arrived at a place we scarcely expected, as absurd and http://www.adventuresinpoortaste.com/2019/02/06/friendo-the-timely-and-haunting-science-fiction-we-need/
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/