Once There Were Humans: Surrealism & Post-Anthropocentrism in Contemporary Fiction
18 June, free online
Climate fiction has seen a sharp increase on bookshelves worldwide, balancing topics of #sciencefiction and anthropogenic utopian & dystopian visions. In this talk, Leonie Jungen will discuss visions of the post- #Anthropocene, gender violence, & climate activism in contemporary fiction
Does sci-fi shape the future? Tech billionaires from Bill Gates to Elon Musk have often talked about the impact of novels they read as teens, from Neal Stephenson's "Snow Crash" to Iain M. Banks' "Culture" series. Big Think's Namir Khaliq spoke to authors including Andy Weir, Lois McMaster Bujold and @pluralistic about how much impact they think science fiction has had, or can have.
For #FollowFriday I warmly recommend @susankayequinn AND her #books.
I appreciate the author's posts very much. And she writes #HopePunk, #CliFi, and #SolarPunk. I had not really an idea what is hidden behind these labels. I've been tiptoeing around the genres for months, worried that it might be too pedagogical, not literary enough.
Then I discovered her #shortStories. Now I'm hooked. Try it, you won't regret it! I want more now. 😊 @reading
New FREE Short Story: TOWER GIRLS 🌈🌱#solarpunk
(Halfway to Better 2)
A cute technician keeps breaking things in her too-shiny lab, then calling a fixer in for repairs. Zita’s a certified member of the International Guild of Repair Workers, Local 772, and she’s certain this hot girl is breaking her toys on purpose. But why? Something very sexy but very weird is going on…
When reality copies #CliFi in scary ways - like open waters hitting 39C in Lake Tefé in the Amazon, and in coastal waters near Florida, and in the Indian scenes in Kim Stanley Robinson's Ministry for the Future - what is the impact on #librarians?