Karl Schroeder on Science Fiction’s Prediction Skills (w/ a Side of Pinker)

Over at Tor.com, Karl Schroeder, author of the Virga series, has taken a stab at SF’s failures to predict or imagine the future.  Specifically, Schroeder takes issue with the genre’s penchant for imagining technological and/or sociological change (in isolation), but not for imagining changes in factors like government and/or violence.  He uses as his basis […]

Video Found: “Danny and Annie” (Absolutely Beautiful)

The following video doesn’t have anything to do with SF/F or the general concerns of this blog, but I had to share it anyway.  I listened to it on Democracy Now earlier today; it brought me to tears. A little about StoryCorps first: StoryCorps is an independent nonprofit whose mission is to provide Americans of […]