Future Tense Fiction, a joint project of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination and Slate, has just published Affordances , a new science fiction story by EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow . It's a tale of algorithmic bias, facial recognition, and technological self-determination that touches on many of EFF's key fights.
"Affordances" is a series of vignettes whose protagonists have steadily increasing degrees of privilege and power—first a literally nameless refugee child, then an activist documentarian on the US-Mexican border, then an African-American cop in Miami, and finally a tech executive running a giant facial recognition company—that show how each of them is caged in by automated tools that strip them of their self-determination and the chance for justice.
But the story isn't a counsel of despair: it revolves around an act of high-tech civil resistance that uses technology to rebalance the abusive potential of rival technologies.
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Science Fiction Short Stories Are Having A Banner Year
The short story format is proving a resiliant medium for the thriving world of modern science ... [+] fiction.
Science fiction has enjoyed plenty of critical and mainstream love in recent years. 2019 has seen new seasons from hit shows like Stranger Things and Black Mirror , new bestselling novels such as Margaret Atwood's The Testaments , and breakout blockbusters ranging from standalone films like Ad Astra to an upcoming Star Wars installment.
But the power of short stories is a perhaps more unexpected phenomenon in modern speculative fiction.
"With Forward ," Sommerfeld explains, "Amazon Original Stories assembled a uniquely diverse set of futuristic stories by N.K. Jemisin, Andy Weir, Veronica Roth, Amor Towles, Paul Tremblay, and Blake Crouch! Affordances: Science Fiction About Algorithmic Bias and ...-algorithmic...Affordances : Science Fiction About Algorithmic Bias and Technological Resistance Share It Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Copy link Future Tense Fiction, a joint project of ASU's Center for Science and the Imagination and Slate, has just published Affordances , a new science fiction story by EFF Special Advisor Cory Doctorow.!! All of these are bestselling writers at the top of their form, and while some of them, like Paul Tremblay and Amor Towles, are best known for their work in other genres, they are world builders who were inspired by these times to speculate on the future! "Affordances," a science-fiction story by Cory Doctorow ...affordances ..."Affordances" A new science-fiction story about how technical restrictions start with powerless people before coming for us all. By Cory Doctorow!! Each of these stories is narrated by actors with serious sci-fi cred as well, including Evan Rachel Wood of Westworld , David Harbour of Stranger Things , and Jason Isaacs of Star Trek ."
10 90s Sci-Fi Masterpieces You've Probably Never Seen
The 90s was a decade that brought us some of the biggest and most important science fiction films of all time. There were massive blockbusters like Jurassic Park . There were game-changing films like The Matrix . The decade even saw the return of Star Wars . However, there are some great science fiction films from the decade that were overlooked.
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For whatever reason, these science fiction films failed to find their audiences when they were released, or have not stayed in the public eye as much as some other films from the genre! "Affordances": a new science fiction story that climbs the ...boingboing.net ..." Affordances " is my new science fiction story for Slate/ASU's Future Tense project; it's a tale exploring my theory of " the shitty technology adoption curve ," in which terrible technological ideas...!! However, it's never too late to seek out these hidden gems. Here are some science fiction masterpieces from the 90s that movie lovers really owe it to themselves to check out.
The film was not well-received upon its release, but has gained a new appreciation in subsequent years. The eerie feel of the movie and tension throughout are effective, while the material is elevated by a strong cast including Sam Neill and Laurence Fishburne.
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Best Fantasy Book Series and Sci Fi Book Series of All Time - Thrillist
The sheer number of new science-fiction and fantasy books published in any given year can be overwhelming, and it doesn't help matters that both genres are so series-heavy! Affordances: a new science fiction story that climbs the ...new- science - ...that..."Affordances" : a new science fiction story that climbs the terrible technology adoption curve Talking corruption, technology, empiricism and fairness with the Bitcoin Podcast Crowdfunding a symposium on a green, postcapitalist economics in Brussels, Nov 11!! We've done the hard work for you and rounded up the 21 best science fiction fantasy series of all time, in no particular order.
For the sake of tidiness (and our own sanity), we've limited this list to series that include at least three books, and that are either completely finished or have no further books currently planned (so, no A Song of Fire and Ice ), or have at least one finished multi-book story arc within the larger series (for instance, the Farseer Trilogy is a completed series within the Realm of the Elderlings series).
More: The best books published in 2019 so far
Including: Consider Phlebas , The Player of Games , Use of Weapons , The State of the Art
If we have to say more than "utopian socialism on sentient spaceships" to sell you on this series, it may not be for you, but give it a shot anyway, won't you? Banks started the Culture series at a time when space opera was considered facile and passé, and took full advantage of that attitude to reinvent and revitalize the genre, offering a smart, playful, and often stylistically flashy subversion of space opera tropes wrapped around a core of radical politics.
Sale away into a world of facts, fantasy or science fiction: LVUC Book Sale set for Friday, Nov. 8
BUCKHANNON – Avid readers have an extra reason to count down to the weekend: The Literacy Volunteers of Upshur County's Fall 2019 Book Sale starts this Friday.
Director of Literacy Volunteers of Upshur County Kristy Stewart said the sale is key to raising funds for the Literacy Volunteers of Upshur County.
"It's one of our biggest fundraisers of the year," Stewart said. "We have two. We have one in the fall, and then we have one in the spring! Podcast of Affordances: a new science fiction story that ...boingboing.net ...new.html " Affordances " is my new science fiction story for Slate/ASU's Future Tense project; it's a tale exploring my theory of "the shitty technology adoption curve ," in which terrible technological ideas...!! Since we receive no state or federal funding, we must fundraise to keep the doors open, and this is one of our largest sources of funding."
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"If it is a small donation, they can be dropped off at the office during office hours, but if it's like a multiple box donation of books, then we need to be contacted [in advance] to make arrangements to accept that donation," Stewart said.
Toy News Tuesday: 12 More Months Until Halloween - ScienceFiction.com
Come one, come all to an all-new jam packed Toy News Tuesday -- We're the one weekly column right here on ScienceFiction.com where we seek out all of the awesome news you need to know about any announcements and cool happenings in the toy industry and put them all in one easy to find place for you--
Halloween is over and for many people the holiday seasons have begun-- As we head into the tail end of the year (and the decade for that matter), there are still quite a few new items being released that are definitely going to end up on quite a few holiday wishlists-- This week we are taking a look at new items from Hasbro, NECA, Mondo and more-- Scroll on down to the Toy News for the week of November 5th, 2019--
While there isn’t too much to see from ‘Rise of Skywalker’, these are all definitely figures that have been on people’s wish lists for some time-- These are all expected to hit stores in 2020.
New from @doctorow: "Affordances" -- a "science-fiction story about how technical restrictions start with powerless… https://t.co/rDT1re8er3 dangillmor (from California, Arizona, etc.) Tue Oct 29 22:06:16 +0000 2019
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