Home » Posts tagged 'science fiction'

Tag Archives: science fiction

Olduvai
Click on image to purchase

Content

Olduvai III: Catacylsm
Click on image to purchase

Post categories

Post Archives by Category

Reflections 50 Years Past, 50 Years Future

October 23, 2018

Reflections 50 Years Past, 50 Years Future Ed. note: The following remarks were made at the event celebrating 50 years since the publications of the Whole Earth Catalog. Thank you to everyone involved with Whole Earth for the inspiring conversations you’ve sparked over the years, including the ones happening on this stage tonight. I feel […]

Continue Reading →

Pulling the magical lever

September 6, 2018

Pulling the magical lever A critical analysis of techno-utopian imaginaries Image: Pixabay Ideas about the importance of the imagination in an age of political and ecological crisis are popping up everywhere: in the arts, in activism and other forms of politics, and in a wide range of academic disciplines and fields. This blog is one […]

Continue Reading →

What science fiction ought to be

June 22, 2018

What science fiction ought to be Science fiction has become the dominant genre of the last four decades – the biggest film of the year has been sci-fi almost every year in my lifetime. Of those, some are simply swashbuckler fantasies set in space, like Star Wars, while others are the very entertaining superhero fantasies […]

Continue Reading →

“The Future” as a sales pitch

March 2, 2016

“The Future” as a sales pitch No one can know the future. But it turns out we can invent a place called “The Future” and invite people to inhabit it. In order to inhabit “The Future”–which is really just an enactment of our ideas about the future–you need the right accessories. For starters you’ll need the basics: the latest […]

Continue Reading →

The Flutter of Space Bat Wings

December 10, 2015

The Flutter of Space Bat Wings You don’t actually know a time or a culture until you discover the thoughts that its people can’t allow themselves to think. I had a reminder of that the other day, by way of my novel Star’s Reach. I’m pleased to say that for a novel that violates pretty much […]

Continue Reading →

The World of Philip K. Dick is Almost Here

May 5, 2015

The World of Philip K. Dick is Almost Here Holographic Computers and Self-Directing Bullets Philip K. Dick was long viewed as a mere genre hack, although his fans always knew better of course. He used the medium of science fiction originally because it was the only way for him to make money as an independent […]

Continue Reading →

THE SCIENCE FICTIONAL FOUNDATION UNDER PAUL KRUGMAN, PART ONE

April 11, 2015

THE SCIENCE FICTIONAL FOUNDATION UNDER PAUL KRUGMAN, PART ONE Paul Krugman, a few years ago, wrote at length to extol the magnum opus of science fiction grandmaster, Isaac Asimov, the Foundation Trilogy. Prof. Krugman’s reflections thereon are of keen interest. I met Asimov once, 40+ years ago, at a world science fiction convention. I even got him to […]

Continue Reading →

The View From Outside

March 19, 2015

The View From Outside Recently I’ve been reacquainting myself with the stories of Clark Ashton Smith. Though he’s largely forgotten today, Smith was one of the leading lights of Weird Tales magazine during its 1930s golden age, ranking with H.P Lovecraft and Robert Howard as a craftsman of fantasy fiction. Like Lovecraft, Howard, and most of the […]

Continue Reading →

Olduvai IV: Courage
Click on image to read excerpts

Olduvai II: Exodus
Click on image to purchase

Click on image to purchase @ FriesenPress