By D.M. Bowman et al. Forward by Bennett, M., Bowman, D., Dijkstra, A.

By Emma Greguska, ASU Now

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

Patrick McGurrin

Alex Halavais

By Sarah Ventre, KJZZ 91.5 FM

Corey S. Pressman

Sherryl Vint

In April 2016 CSI launched a new experiment with the Future Tense Channel at Slate: a regular writing series featuring original science fiction stories by well-known authors. We launched Future

Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein is a modern myth; a 200-year-old science-fiction story with themes of human creativity, societal responsibility and scientific ethics. Two centuries later, these themes continue to resonate in our technological age.  As

Two centuries ago, on a dare to tell the best scary story, 19-year-old Mary Shelley imagined an idea that became the basis for Frankenstein. Mary’s original concept became the novel that arguably kick-started the genres of science fiction and Gothic horror, but also provided an enduring myth that shapes how our society continues to grapple with creativity, science, technology, and their consequences. Two hundred years later, inspired by that classic dare, CSI launched a series of creative challenges inspiring amateur and professional writers to reflect on questions of science, ethics, creativity, and responsibility.

By Joseph Horton, Ploughshares

Bob Beard

By Emma Greguska, ASU Now

Corey S. Pressman

By Ed Finn, CNN Opinion

Peter Nagy

Samuel Arbesman

Madeline Ashby