Month: September 2014
Project Hieroglyph on Slate’s Future Tense Channel
Slate magazine’s Future Tense channel is running a series of stories inspired by and excerpted from Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, exploring about the connections between science fiction storytelling, scientific discovery, public policy,
Innovation Starvation, the Next Generation
Humankind has lots of great ideas for the future. We need people to carry them out.
Neal Stephenson
Slate – Future Tense
Don’t Diss Dystopias
Sci-fi’s warning tales are as important as its optimistic stories.
Ramez Naam
Slate – Future Tense
ASU’s Center for Science And Imagination Presents Science Fiction TV Dinner
Book Comment: Exploring Science through Science Fiction
One of the projects we’re working on at the Center for Science and the Imagination is an effort to trace the lines of communication between science and science fiction. We
The Dystopian City and Urban Policy
Science fiction has inspired scientists and political activists, but it should be an inspiration for municipal governments too.
Annalee Newitz
Slate – Future Tense
Meeting My Protagonist
When I wrote a novel about a Nigerian space program, I didn’t expect it to be so close to the truth.
Deji Bryce Olukotun
Slate – Future Tense
Project Hieroglyph Story: “The Day It All Ended”
A short story from Hieroglyph, a new science fiction anthology.
Charlie Jane Anders
Slate-Future Tense
Only Science Fiction Can Save Us!
What sci-fi gets wrong about income inequality.
Lee Konstantinou
Slate – Future Tense
Project Hieroglyph: Science fiction for better futures
Joey Eschrich
Robohub
The Inspiration Drought
Sci-fi writers, scientists imagine the future
Forget the Tricorder
Why gadgets aren’t the coolest part of science fiction.
Joey Eschrich
Slate – Future Tense
Project Hieroglyph Story: “Covenant”
A short story from Hieroglyph, a new science fiction anthology.
Elizabeth Bear
Slate – Future Tense
Q&A: The sci-fi optimist
Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society’s dystopian future
