On the eve of dConstruct 2012, Jeremy Keith hosts an evening of readings and chat with three of the brightest stars of the science-fiction world at the Pavilion Theatre in Brighton.
Event details: http://brightonsf.adactio.com/
Transcript: http://adactio.com/articles/5740/
A monthly podcast devoted mostly to speculative fiction books, reviews and the odd bit of idle gossip. Hosted by Kirstyn McDermott and Ian Mond.
http://writerandcritic.podbean.com/2012/06/15/interim-twelve-planets-podcast-at-embiggen-books/
Sci-Fi/Speculative Fiction seems to engender extreme reactions in people of either love or hate.
http://www.abc.net.au/local/stories/2012/05/04/3495891.htm?site=adelaide
In our conversation spot this week, we look at city life, what it is and what it could be. Our perspective is a novel called Black Glass, a work of speculative fiction which reveals a city ruled by surveillance, social division and civil unrest: a dangerous place if you’re broke and homeless, where commerce rules and undocumented people (‘undocs’) face constant danger.
Tagged with cities future speculative fiction design
In Margaret Atwood’s new novel, a natural disaster has altered the earth and wiped out most human life. Two women survive, and "The Year of the Flood" is their story. We speak with the author about her career, the new book and what she thinks the future holds for our fragile planet.
Today I had the fortune to chat with another living legend - Vernor Vinge (pronounced “vin-jee” as in, he explained off air, “stingy”). While VV may not have the public profile of a William Gibson or Neal Stephenson, in geek circles no SF author carries more respect. Why is it so?
His latest novel, RAINBOWS END, is a masterpiece of near-future Sci-Fi which explores the world circa 2025. Marc Andreessen called it “the clearest and most plausible extrapolation of modern technology trends forward to the year 2025 that you can imagine.”