Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society’s dystopian future

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ASU’s Veterans Imagination Project Aims To Help Veterans Envision New Career Paths

By Steve Goldstein

Moscow author’s story lands in climate fiction anthology

Moscow-Pullman Daily News (Idaho)

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Indigenous Futurisms And Climate Fiction

Tom Maxedon Word podcast, KJZZ 91.5 public radio

Sarena Ulibarri and Ed Finn on Solarpunk

How Do You Like It So Far? podcast

Arizona State University’s Free Solarpunk Anthology is All About Optimistic Futures

Andrew Liptak, Tor.com

Cities of Light: A discussion on the impact of a solar future

Justin Spangenthal, The State Press

10 Innovative IT Projects to Inspire You This Fall

by Jen A. Miller, EdTech

We Need a New Science of Progress

by Patrick Collison and Tyler Cowen, The Atlantic

Announcing Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

by Torie Bosch, SLATE

Review: Future Tense Fiction

Kirkus Reviews

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Can Sci-Fi Writers Prepare Us for an Uncertain Future?

by Rose Eveleth, WIRED

‘Spider-Man: Far From Home’: How Realistic Is Mysterio’s Illusion Technology?

by Trey Williams, The Wrap (Yahoo)

2019 Campbell and Sturgeon Awards Winners

Locus Magazine

Higher Education: Arizona State University’s Partnership With James Turrell’s Roden Crater Has Much to Teach Museums

by Andy Battaglia, ARTnews

Starred Review:Future Tense Fiction: Stories of Tomorrow

Publishers Weekly

Monster algorithms: Ed Finn

by Athena Aktipis and Dave Lundberg-Kenrick, Zombified Podcast

17 Writers on the Role of Fiction in Addressing Climate Change

by Amy Brady, Literary Hub

Five ASU affiliates who are using their art to make change in their communities

by Chelsea Hofmann, The State Press

ASU ebook ‘Weight of Light’ provides a vision of a solar future

by Nick Hedges, The State Press

Center for Science and the Imagination event puts the science in science fiction

by Endia Fontanez, The State Press

Climate Change Fiction for Students and Teachers

by Sarah Outterson-Murphy Morningside Center

The Scout Report: March 29, 2019

The Scout Report (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

Big Rural (reprint)

by Cat Rambo, Motherboard – VICE

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Authors, artists explore solar futures in new anthology

by Joey Eschrich, ASU Now

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Solar Cascade

Can Climate Change Fiction Build Consensus, Empathy?

by Brooke Ruth and Mark Sauer, KPBS (San Diego)

A collection of science fiction stories, art… [Post about Weight of Light]

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When ‘Everything’ Is Changing, Stories Have A Role To Play

by Jason Sheehan, NPR Books

How sci-fi could help solve climate change

by Zoe Sayler, Salon.com

We’re overdoing dystopian sci-fi. Can we please take a break?

by Gautham Shenoy, Factor Daily

How sci-fi could help solve climate change

by Zoe Sayler, Canada’s National Observer

Speculating on the Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrencies

by Andrew Hageman, Los Angeles Review of Books

How sci-fi could help solve climate change

by Zoe Sayler, Grist

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In the face of climate chaos, writers find grief and hope

by Joey Eschrich, ASU Now

A New Cli-Fi Collection You Can Download For Free

by Amy Brady,  Chicago Review of Books

Kamala Harris is wrong about science fiction

by Charlie Jane Anders, The Washington Post

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A free book of science fiction from around the world about climate change, introduced by Kim Stanley Robinson

by Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

Literally, Stories of Climate Change

by Joey Eschrich and Angie Dell, iMPACT magazine

This is the pop culture that helped us survive 2018

The Verge

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PWC recommended that corporations should ask science fiction writers about the future

by Cory Doctorow, Boing Boing

The Scientific Origins of Frankenstein

by Javier Yanes, BBVA OpenMind

Forecasters are searching the past for clues about the future

by Kaveh Waddell, Axios

ASU creates interactive moon colony exhibit

Fox 10 News

Explore a prototype moon colony this weekend at ASU

AZFamily.com

ASU Emerge to create a moon colony on campus

Mary Beth Faller ASU Now

Bob Beard from ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination, in KJZZ's studios, making a roar face and wearing a lab coat.

It’s Aliiiiiive! Celebrating The 200th Anniversary Of ‘Frankenstein’

Steve Goldstein, Sarah Ventre
KJZZ

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Footnotes to Frankenstein

Jon Turney
Studies in History and Philosophy of Science Part C: Studies in History and Philosophy of Biological and Biomedical Sciences

Frankenstein game teaches kids about science

Erin Blakemore
Washington Post

Ed Finn on the set of Horizon.

ASU’s newly-published collection of sci-fi stories has people talking about space

Horizon Arizona PBS

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Sci Fri Book Club: ‘Frankenstein’

Science Friday

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‘Frankenstein’ Has Become a True Monster

Ed Finn and David H. Guston The Wall Street Journal

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Arizona State University challenges experts, authors to imagine space futures

New research-based collection features narratives by top science fiction authors, essays by experts on future possibilities for exploring Mars, Asteroids, Low Earth Orbit, and Exoplanets.

Out of Control

Richard Holmes
The New York Review of Books

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Visions, Ventures, Escape Velocities: A Collection of Space Futures

Bruce Sterling
Wired – Beyond the Beyond

‘Black Panther’ isn’t just another Marvel movie — it’s a vision of a future led by blackness

by Xavier Harding Mic

“Imagine This”

Groton School Quarterly, Winter 2017

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ASU writing contest breathes new life into climate-change conversation

Arizona State University unveils climate fiction anthology

Book features authors from six different countries alongside science fiction luminaries Paolo Bacigalupi, Kim Stanley Robinson

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It’s Alive! Frankenstein’s Influence 200 Years Later

By Sarah Ventre, KJZZ 91.5 FM

A Storied Future: Future Tense Fiction

By Emma Greguska, ASU Now

Power of social media: Erdogan’s smart use of a smartphone

By Ed Finn, CNN Opinion

Bicentennial of Frankenstein Inspires Global Contest for New Stories about Science and Creation

Two hundred years after Mary Shelley came up with the vision for the story that would become Frankenstein, Arizona State University, National Novel Writing Month, Chabot Space and Science Center, and Creative Nonfiction magazine will launch a series of writing “dares” to inspire the public to imagine new stories about science, technology and the impact of creation.

Star Wars Day: May the 4th Be With You

Our communications and public engagement strategist Bob Beard visited Phoenix’s NBC affiliate, 12 News, to discuss Star Wars Day and why science fiction fandom matters. Watch now…

Futurist Brian David Johnson on The Gist Podcast

Listen to our Futurist in Residence Brian David Johnson on The Gist podcast with the inimitable Mike Pesca!

Building Visions of Humanity’s Climate Future – in Fiction and on Campus

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Intel futurist Brian David Johnson heads to ASU’s Center for Science and the Imagination

Futurist Brian David Johnson talking with students about futurism and robotics at Mater Christi School in Burlington, Vermont.

Futurist Brian David Johnson leaves Intel, joins Arizona State University

Renowned futurist, technologist, and author Brian David Johnson, who left his position at the Intel Corporation in January, will be joining Arizona State University as Futurist in Residence for spring 2016 at the Center for Science and the Imagination and as a Professor of Practice in the School for the Future of Innovation in Society.

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‘Star Wars: The Force Awakens’ Evokes Passion From Nontraditional Fans

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Using digital storytelling to grapple with scientific progress

Researchers at Arizona State University have received a four-year, $3 million grant from the National Science Foundation to use the interactive, engaging nature of digital narratives to invite deeper conversations about questions of scientific creativity and responsibility.

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Science fiction anthology explores futures shaped by journeys through time and space

Just in time for the United Nations’ World Space Week (October 4-10, 2015) comes Journeys through Time and Space, a new anthology of creative, thought-provoking visions of the future shaped by excursions through space and time, and into the labyrinthine caverns of the human mind.

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Contest challenges writers to imagine futures shaped by climate change

The Imagination and Climate Futures Initiative at Arizona State University invites writers to submit short stories that explore climate change, science and human futures for its first Climate Fiction Short Story Contest. The submission deadline is Jan. 15, 2016, and contest entry is free. The contest will be judged by science fiction legend Kim Stanley Robinson.

September 17: Paolo Bacigalupi to imagine Southwest water futures at ASU

In Paolo Bacigalupi’s most recent science fiction novel, The Water Knife, Phoenix is dried up and California and Nevada are not too far behind. The millions of people who rely on the Colorado River to survive are not only thirsty, but fighting for their lives. It’s a compelling story that captures a not-so-distant future. Will Phoenix eventually collapse? Will the river dry up?

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Hieroglyph anthology earns futurist award

Hieroglyph: Stories and Visions for a Better Future, an anthology of ambitious, technically-grounded science fiction visions of the near future curated by the center, has been honored with an award for Most Significant Futures Work by the Association of Professional Futurists.

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Margaret Atwood, ASU collaborators explore climate futures

What might a world without oil look like? How will human societies cope with massive changes in the Earth’s climate? How will we adapt to survive the future? And how can storytelling and art — alongside science and technology — help us confront the challenge of climate change?

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Author Paolo Bacigalupi to imagine Southwest water wars at ASU on Sept. 17

In Paolo Bacigalupi’s most recent science fiction novel, The Water Knife, Phoenix is dried up and California and Nevada are not too far behind. The millions of people who rely

Science fiction anthology explores biological, environmental visions of the future

Imagine a world devoid of animal life except for humans. Or a future where medical advances enable people to live for hundreds upon hundreds of years. Would life be as sweet if there was no end in sight, or without our pets to greet us at the door at the end of a long day? These are just a few of the quandaries explored in “Living Tomorrow,” a new anthology of creative, thought-provoking visions of the future crafted by young people ages 13-25 from across the United States and worldwide.

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Activity stations blend discovery, imagination at Leonardo exhibit

CSI has designed a number of activity stations that are integrated into Phoenix Art Museum’s “Leonardo da Vinci’s Codex Leicester and the Power of Observation” exhibit. The stations encourage visitors to engage in critical and creative thinking and making, and the activities are designed to provide hands-on experiences for visitors to explore a key theme of the exhibit: thinking on paper.

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Documenting the next millennium of Tempe urbanization in history’s slowest photograph

Boasting two interstate freeways and one of Arizona’s largest shopping malls, the city of Tempe has been selected to represent the evolution of world civilization over the next thousand years.

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ASU invites community to help redesign the future at Emerge 2015

Radically new visions of the future will be showcased as part of Arizona State University’s Emerge 2015 – a one-day event featuring visionary Jad Abumrad, host of the award-winning show Radiolab, and 10 spellbinding “visitations from the future,” including theatrical performances, improvisation, games, dance and hands-on opportunities to design and build the future.

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ASU researchers explore cultural legacy of ‘Frankenstein’ on film

A panel of researchers from Arizona State University’s Frankenstein Bicentennial Project will deliver public lectures as part of “It’s Alive!: Frankenstein on Film,” a weekend of screenings and conversations, Jan. 23-25, at the SIFF Film Center in Seattle.

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Actor Harry Lennix joins ASU sci-fi dinner series event

Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination and Project Humanities will present the latest installment of the Science Fiction TV Dinner series at 6 p.m., Jan. 22, at the Marston Exploration Theater on ASU’s Tempe campus. The event, focused on the television series Dollhouse, will feature one of its stars, Harry Lennix, whose credits include the films Man of Steel, Ray, The Matrix: Reloaded and Revolutions, and NBC’s new hit series The Blacklist.

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Researchers explore future of ‘postdigital’ textbook

This story was originally published at ASU News. An interdisciplinary team at Arizona State University has been awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation’s Cyberlearning and Future Learning Technologies

Enough With Dystopias: It’s Time For Sci-Fi Writers To Start Imagining Better Futures

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Book Review: ‘Hieroglyph’ edited by Ed Finn and Kathryn Cramer

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Sci-fi writers, scientists imagine the future

By Kathryn Jepsen, Symmetry Magazine

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Q&A: The sci-fi optimist

By Zeeya Merali, Nature

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Project Hieroglyph: Fighting society’s dystopian future

By Debbie Siegelbaum, BBC News

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What will it take to get us back to the Moon?

By Jekan Thanga, Boing Boing

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Author Margaret Atwood to discuss creative writing, science at ASU

This article originally appeared in ASU News. Internationally renowned novelist and environmental activist Margaret Atwood will visit Arizona State University this November to discuss the relationship between art and science,

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CSI partners with World Bank on science fiction, gaming and social innovation

The Center for Science and the Imagination is partnering with the World Bank to create a series of stories and artwork to integrate into an online game, EVOKE, designed to get young people in the developing world involved in social innovation and civic engagement.

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ASU, NGA to address national security risks of climate change

Arizona State University was selected for a competitive, five-year award of $20 million by the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) to launch a research partnership, effective June 1, to explore approaches for anticipating and mitigating national security risks associated with climate change.

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Hollywood star visits ASU to promote teen reading, science exploration

Nathan Fillion may very well be the friendliest, most unpretentious spaceship captain, mystery-solving author and science fiction heartthrob in the known universe. The “ruggedly handsome” star of TV’s “Castle” was the delight of fans as he headlined a fundraiser on the Arizona State University campus in Tempe, June 7.

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Shaping the future through sci-fi at ASU

From the geostationary satellite to the Taser, the submarine to virtual reality, many technologies we use today were originally conceived of by writers and artists. These visionaries imagined future inventions with remarkable accuracy, even if they didn’t know how to actually make them.

Nathan Fillion to Discuss Serenity, Software, and Sci-Fi in Tempe June 7

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An evening with Nathan Fillion and friends

This item was originally published at ASU News, and written by Marshall Terrill of ASU’s Office of Public Affairs.  ASU’s College of Liberal Arts and Sciences’ Department of English and

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Winners announced in collaborative, global sci-fi competition

Arizona State University’s Center for Science and the Imagination, Intel and the Society for Science & the Public are proud to announce the winners of their competition, “The Future – Powered by Fiction.” The competition challenged young people ages 13-25 from all over the world to share their visions for possible futures inspired by real science and technology. To see a full list of winners, visit: http://isef.tomorrow-projects.com/results/

ASU program changes future visions with science fiction technology

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How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future

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Researchers receive NSF grant to lead Frankenstein Bicentennial Workshop

This item was originally published by ASU News. Three Arizona State University researchers have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to lead a workshop to build a global,

Wonder Dome at SPARK! Festival March 19-23

Wonder Dome, a new experiment in performance platforms directed by CSI’s Imaginary College Fellow Daniel Fine, will be premiering at Mesa Arts Center in the show “Oh, No! Not That Story!”

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Director of collaborative science center discusses future of the news, digital platforms

By Carolyn Corcoran, Downtown Devil

ASU collaborates on “American POP!” comic book, sci-fi exhibit

From Jan. 17 through June 8, the Tempe Center for the Arts presents “American POP! Comic Books to Science Fiction…and Beyond,” an exhibition that explores the transformative effects that science fiction and popular culture have on our everyday lives and the technology that surrounds us.

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New book – The Rightful Place of Science: Politics

ASU’s Consortium for Science, Policy and Outcomes (CSPO), a close collaborator with CSI, has just released the first two anthologies in its new series, The Rightful Place of Science. The

Thought Experiments: Dreaming Up a Center for Science and the Imagination

Straight Out Of Sci-Fi: Cyberpunk Author Plans Tallest Skyscraper Ever

Celebrate Halloween with ASU’s Digital Culture costume and film contest

Do you love the spirit of Halloween, but can’t seem to figure out how to celebrate this year? ASU’s School of Arts, Media and Engineering is hosting a contest that

ASU to Host Walking Dead Discussion of Zombies and Taxes

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ASU scholars use science fiction to explore the future of biotechnology

Author Rosalyn Berne Original science fiction stories from two Arizona State University scholars are being featured in To Recreate Life from Life: Biotechnology and Science Fiction (2014, Pan Stanford Press),

Countering Dystopian Science Fiction’s ‘Wet Blanket Effect’ on Innovation

Is There a Difference Between Necessary and Unnecessary Bad Science?

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Help Neal Stephenson Engineer the Weird and Create a New World of Sci-Fi

Center for Science and the Imagination students predict the future

ASU-Intel collaboration challenges students to imagine brighter sustainable futures

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Sci-fi writers help scientists bridge gap between fantasy and reality

Future is Now at ASU with New 293k-Square-Foot Science, Tech Hub

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Contest: Help Us Imagine and Build a Better Future–No Politics Required

Introducing the Center for Science and the Imagination

A Place Where Science and Science Fiction Can Be of One Mind

ASU Launches Center for Science and the Imagination

Center for Science and the Imagination to Launch at ASU’s Newest Interdisciplinary Building, ISTB4

How Neal Stephenson’s 20-Kilometer Space Tower Could Change Everything

Sci-Fi Author Alan Dean Foster to Appear at ASU

Neal Stephenson on Science Fiction, Building Towers 20 Kilometers High…and Insurance

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Dear Science Fiction Writers: Stop Being So Pessimistic!

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Why We Need To Escape From Our Dystopian Sci-Fi Rut

Out of a Writer’s Imagination Came an Interactive World