This summer, our Solar Tomorrows Fellows created learning materials for all ages about solar tech and opportunities in AZ. Read more over at ASU News and check out the materials for K-12, informal and lifelong learning + journalism: news.asu.edu/20230911-globa…

It's Frankenstein Day, folks! Celebrated every year on 8/30 to honor Mary Shelley, who was born #OTD in 1797.

A good opportunity to re-up our beautiful edition of her classic novel, expanded with essays & annotations: mitpress.mit.edu/9780262533287/… ( #OpenAccess edition available)

We're excited for the debut collaborative science fiction novel from The Nova Aera Collective. 8 writers and artist at Arizona State University came to imagine a compelling futuristic world 'Nova Aera'.
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1960s Peruvian speculative fiction. Nier: Replicant. Preparing journalists to cover artificial intelligence. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from Mateo Díaz Choza and Devan Hakkal! mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imagin…

Our friend + collaborator andres martinez reflects on the difficulty of thinking precisely about the future, and the dangers of nostalgia and unrelenting gloom: slate.com/technology/202…

I had a blast helping to kick off this fall’s History of the Future film series (ASU CSI) last night! A great way to start the semester.

Phoenix/Tempe friends: on August 16, I'll introducing a special showing of the 1975 film ROLLERBALL at the Majestic Theater in Tempe, as part of ASU CSI's excellent History of the Future series. Come join us! These events are a blast.

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Supporting veterans in transition: Marine veteran & ASU CSI’s Bob Beard launched the Veterans Imagination Project to empower veterans with future thinking and collaborative imagination skills. Learn more from the current cohort: ow.ly/LSWk50P8Pky

Watch the latest CSI Skill Tree, featuring the science fiction roleplaying game CITIZEN SLEEPER 2: STARWARD VECTOR, with developer Gareth Damian Martin | Jump Over the Age + author, researcher, and solarpunk editor Phoebe Wagner: youtu.be/DYn25fNA0Pk

ICYMI: Watch the video of our event “Reimagining the Future of [X],” part of our Applied Sci-Fi Project! Featuring Annalee Newitz is @[email protected], Tobias Buckell, August Cole, Amy Johnson @[email protected] + Tory Stephens 🌱: youtu.be/3QRTm7zUlGo

Love to see ASU CSI works in the wild! Phillip M Crosby discusses Paolo Bacigalupi’s “Efficiency” from the collection at #unbuilding23 . You can download the book for free from ASU CSI’s website! csi.asu.edu/books/cities-o…

Delighted to be partnering with CoFutures on this virtual conference! You can watch the livestream at conference.cofutures.org/2023-participa….

For anyone interested in the feedback loop/Gordion Knot of sci-fi and foresight, don't miss ASU CSI 's 6/14 event exploring the rise of 'The Future of X' storytelling projects and how to leverage for real change csi.asu.edu/calendar/event…

Can science fiction help us navigate the challenges of the 21st century? Read + listen to CSI's Ed Finn, along with Gerry Canavan (parody) and Ytasha Womack ... Champion for Humanity, pondering that question and more on CBC Radio: cbc.ca/radio/spark/sc…

Congratulations to A. T. Greenblatt (@[email protected]), whose Future Tense Fiction story 'If We Make It Through This Alive,' about a road race across a future U.S. reshaped by climate chaos, is a finalist for the 2023 Theodore Sturgeon Memorial Award (alongside a number of other amazing stories)!

Join us June 14 at 9am Pacific for “Reimagining the Future of [X],” a conversation featuring Annalee Newitz is @[email protected], Tobias S. Buckell, August Cole, Amy Johnson @[email protected], Tory Stephens 🌱 + Kevin Bankston! Learn more and register (it’s free): csi.asu.edu/calendar/event…

.ASU CSI, New America and Slate’s partnership is making waves in Hollywood, catching moviemakers' attention with its innovative storytelling.

Future Tense's “This, But Again,” is being adapted into a film to be directed by actor Ben Stiller: ow.ly/c0yt50OuZjv

ASU's Leonardo Imagination Fellowship, virtual and open to people everywhere, designed to support the development of all kinds of digital-media projects, is call for applications!

I have been working with ASU for several projects and cannot recommend it more!

DDL: June 2!

C. S. Lewis writes science fiction. Africanfuturist cinema. A new collection edited by Chinelo Onwualu. Read the latest issue of Imaginary Papers, our quarterly newsletter, featuring writing from @jennahanchey + Erin K. Wagner (update/promotion only)! mailchi.mp/asu.edu/imagin…

We need creative stories that envision positive climate futures—ones to work towards, not prevent against.

Ed Finn (@Zonal) and Joey Eschrich of ASU CSI and Future Tense discuss why climate optimism is a necessary tool.

☁ Read more: bit.ly/3Zktf2c