How do you define science fiction? That is the question that has occupied Steven Shaviro for decades. Now that he is approaching sixty, he still has no answer. That is precisely as it should be, writes Shaviro: science fiction has no clear boundaries, which is good. Science fiction is an important genre, he emphasizes. For… Continue reading what is sci-fi?
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utopia as practice
future thinking as a tranquilizer in an accelerating world “Bist du bereit für eine kleine Utopie?”, Blumfeld in ‘Wir Sind Frei’ “I miss the future”, Jaron Lanier The 1977 album ‘Trans Europa Express’ by the German band Kraftwerk is peculiar. Although the arrangements, the use of synthesizers, and layers of noise are very modern, the overall feel… Continue reading utopia as practice