Moving Forward:Life in a Science-Fiction Novel

A few months back, while prepping for The International Conference on the Fantastic, I wrote a piece titled Existential Threats that considered how social media and digital tech were reshaping our culture. The essay centered on two sf classics, Ray Bradburys The Murderer (pictured at left) and Arthur C. Clarkes Dial F for Frankenstein. Since the conference would focus on the Anthropocene, I figured the essay would fit nicely into [read more at The 21st Century Scop].