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Future Tense Conference
Oct. 2nd, 2014 05:10 pmI took today off when I found out there was going to be an event at the National Academy of Sciences about the role of Science Fiction in inspiring science fact (Can We Imagine Our Way to a Better Future?).
The Twitter feed is here. And an article from the BBC about the book project is here.
Neal Stephenson was asked in 2011 why fiction writers weren't providing the type of inspiration they had in the past. The result is the short story collection Hieroglyph. Stephenson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, Elizabeth Bear, Kathleen Ann Goonan (my favorite!), and several other writers whose work I'm now trying to get hold of appeared on various panels at today's conference in support of the book and the idea.
The event was live-streamed, but I don't know if the stream will be archived anywhere.
The Twitter feed is here. And an article from the BBC about the book project is here.
Neal Stephenson was asked in 2011 why fiction writers weren't providing the type of inspiration they had in the past. The result is the short story collection Hieroglyph. Stephenson, Cory Doctorow, Bruce Sterling, Elizabeth Bear, Kathleen Ann Goonan (my favorite!), and several other writers whose work I'm now trying to get hold of appeared on various panels at today's conference in support of the book and the idea.
The event was live-streamed, but I don't know if the stream will be archived anywhere.
